Trump administration pushing controversial deal to send people to non-home countries, including South Sudan and Eswatini

Seven people have arrived in Rwanda as part of a deal to accept deportees from the US, the Rwandan government has said.

The Trump administration has been negotiating controversial arrangements to send people to third countries, including South Sudan and Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, as part of its wider deportation drive.

“The first group of seven vetted migrants arrived in Rwanda in mid-August … Three of the individuals have expressed a desire to return to their home countries, while four wish to stay and build lives in Rwanda,” Yolande Makolo, a government spokesperson, said on Thursday.