US has deported 5 'barbaric' migrants to Eswatini

The US says it has deported what it described as five "criminal illegal aliens" to the southern African kingdom of Eswatini.

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.

"This flight took individuals so uniquely barbaric that their home countries refused to take them back," McLaughlin wrote on X.

Earlier this month, the US sent eight migrants from several countries to South Sudan after a court lifted restrictions on sending people to countries where they have no ties.