A Jamaican man deported by the US to Eswatini has been repatriated, authorities say

Source: Associated Press

A Jamaican man deported by the US to Eswatini has been repatriated, authorities say

By NOKUKHANYA MUSI and GERALD IMRAY
Updated 5:49 PM EDT, September 22, 2025

MANZINI, Eswatini (AP) — A Jamaican man who was among five migrants deported by the United States to Eswatini in Africa has been repatriated to his home country, Eswatini authorities said Monday.

Orville Etoria was held in a maximum-security prison in Eswatini for more than two months without charges or access to legal counsel, his lawyers have said, accusing the U.S. of deporting him there unlawfully in mid-July.

The lawyers had said the U.S. sent him to the southern African nation under the Trump administration’s third-country deportation program even though Jamaica was willing to take him back. They alleged Etoria and the four other men were then repeatedly denied visits by a lawyer while they were held at the prison.

The lawyers didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment Monday about Etoria’s arrival in Jamaica.

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