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Laotian man freed from eSwatini jail 14 months after US third-country deportation

Laotian man freed from eSwatini jail 14 months after US third-country deportation
South China Morning Post Monday 05 October 2026, 00:48 UTC By Associated Press 1 min read
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A Laotian citizen deported by the United States to eSwatini under Donald Trump administration’s immigration crackdown was released from a maximum-security prison in the African nation on Sunday after being held there for more than a year, his lawyer said. Phone Chomsavanh was among five immigrants deported to eSwatini – where he has no ties – in July 2025, in the early days of the Trump administration’s secretive and highly contentious third-country deportation programme. Chomsavanh’s...

A Laotian citizen deported by the United States to eSwatini under Donald Trump administration’s immigration crackdown was released from a maximum-security prison in the African nation on Sunday after being held there for more than a year, his lawyer said. Phone Chomsavanh was among five immigrants deported to eSwatini – where he has no ties – in July 2025, in the early days of the Trump administration’s secretive and highly contentious third-country deportation programme. Chomsavanh’s US-based... [Image text:] WELCOME TO MATSAPHA CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX
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