Trump’s third-country deportations: What they are and where migrants have been sent

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President Donald Trump deported five people to Eswatini in July, part of his administration’s policy of third-country deportations.

“Third country,” a term used to describe Eswatini, refers to a country that agrees to accept immigrants who are refused entry to their native countries. The immigrants remain in the “third country” until their return to their native countries can be negotiated.

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