On board the flight were five deportees from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Cuba and Yemen who have been convicted of crimes ranging from child rape to murder, US Homeland Security Department Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in an online post.

The United States has deported five individuals from Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba, Yemen and Laos to Eswatini, a small southern African nation governed by a king who still holds absolute power.

As it seeks to ramp up deportations, the Trump administration has sent some migrants to far-flung places that aren't their home countries.

The US has deported immigrants from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Cuba and Yemen to Eswatini in Southern Africa following a recent Supreme Court ruling on third country deportations.

U.S. deports five "barbaric" convicts to Eswatini as third-country policy expands. This live blog is now closed.

The administration has made the practice of third country deportations central to its sweeping immigration policy.

The Kingdom of Eswatini has joined a growing list of African nations that have agreed to accept deportees from the US.

The U.S. has expelled five immigrant men to Eswatini in southern Africa, where local authorities say they are holding them in jail before they deport them back to their home countries of Vietnam, Laos, Jamaica, Cuba and Yemen. This comes after the Supreme ...