Eswatini Litigation Centre

Rule Changes

Legal challenge dismissed by High Court

The United States has historically deported people to their countries of origin. Now it pays African nations to accept deportees with no connection to those countries — Eswatini, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda, Ghana, and Burundi have signed deals, and Human Rights Watch counts more than 500 people expelled to unfamiliar African countries since January 2025.

Updated Oct 16