埃斯瓦蒂尼曼齐尼（美联社）——埃斯瓦蒂尼当局周一表示，一名被美国驱逐至非洲埃斯瓦蒂尼的五名移民中的牙买加男子已被遣返回国。

奥维尔·埃托里亚的律师称，他在埃斯瓦蒂尼一所最高安全级别的监狱中被关押了两个多月，既未被起诉，也无法获得法律顾问。律师指控美国于七月中旬非法将其驱逐至该地。

律师们表示，尽管牙买加愿意接收他回国，但美国仍根据特朗普政府的第三国遣返计划将他送往这个南部非洲国家。他们指控称，埃托里亚（Etoria）和其他四名男子在监狱关押期间，多次被拒绝律师探访。

周一，律师们未立即就埃托利亚（Etoria）抵达牙买加一事回应置评请求。

美国表示计划将基尔马尔·阿布雷戈·加西亚（Kilmar Abrego Garcia）遣送至斯威士兰。这个与南非接壤的小王国实行君主专制制度，其国王被指控镇压亲民主运动。

阿布雷戈·加西亚被错误驱逐回其祖国萨尔瓦多，这一持续发酵的案件已成为美国总统唐纳德·特朗普打击移民政策中的焦点事件。

埃斯瓦蒂尼政府代理发言人塔比莱·姆德卢利（Thabile Mdluli）在一份声明中表示，在联合国国际移民组织的协助下，埃托利亚（Etoria）已于周日被遣返回国。

她表示，已与来自古巴、老挝、越南和也门的另外四名男子达成协议，安排他们返回各自国家。

美国国土安全部将这五名男子定性为危险罪犯。该部门表示，由于他们的原籍国拒绝接收，这些人已被遣送至埃斯瓦蒂尼。

斯威士兰方面的说法显然与此矛盾，称这些人只是过境，将被遣送回国。

美国国土安全部（DHS）表示，这五名男子因谋杀、性侵儿童等严重罪行被判有罪，且均属非法滞留美国并收到驱逐令。他们的律师称，五人虽已服完刑期，却在未经起诉或正当程序的情况下被转移至海外另一所监狱关押。

根据新计划，美国已向至少四个非洲国家遣返被驱逐者：南苏丹、斯威士兰、卢旺达和加纳。该国还与另一个非洲国家乌干达达成协议，但目前尚未宣布向该国进行遣返。

第三国安置计划遭到律师和人权专家的批评，他们认为该计划导致移民被送往与其毫无关联的国家，并在这些压制性政府统治下可能被剥夺合法权利。美国国土安全部表示，非法居留美国者应自愿离境，否则可能被驱逐至“任意数量的第三国”。

一名墨西哥男子在南苏丹某未公开地点被拘留两个月后，于本月被遣返回国。此前，他曾与其他数名被驱逐者一同在吉布提的美国军事基地关押数周。据信，目前仍有六名被驱逐者被扣押在南苏丹。

斯威士兰已针对当地当局拘留相关人员提起两起诉讼。其中一起诉讼要求当局允许被拘留者与律师进行面对面接触，另一起由多家非营利组织提起的诉讼则主张该拘留行为违宪。

第一起案件的听证会屡遭推迟，而第二起案件中政府官员则未出席听证。

伊姆雷从南非开普敦发回报道。

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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 administrations 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 didnt immediately reply to a request for comment Monday about Etorias arrival in Jamaica.

The U.S. has said it wants to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Eswatini, a tiny kingdom bordering South Africa where the king holds absolute power and has been accused of clamping down on pro-democracy movements.

Abrego Garcias wrongful deportation to his native El Salvador and ongoing case has become a flashpoint in U.S. President Donald Trumps crackdown on immigration.

Etoria was repatriated on Sunday with the assistance of the United Nations International Organization for Migration, Thabile Mdluli, the Eswatini governments acting spokesperson, said in a statement.

She said there were engagements with the other four men from Cuba, Laos, Vietnam and Yemen to have them sent home.

The five men were described as dangerous criminals by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. It said they had been sent to Eswatini because their home countries refused to take them back.

Eswatini, in an apparent contradiction of that, said they were only there in transit and would be sent home.

The five men had been convicted of serious crimes including murder and child rape, and all were in the U.S. illegally and had deportation orders, DHS said. Their lawyers said they had all completed their criminal sentences but were sent overseas to be held in another prison without charges or due process.

The U.S. has sent deportees to at least four African countries under the new program: South Sudan, Eswatini, Rwanda and Ghana. It has an agreement with another Africa nation, Uganda, though no deportations there have been announced yet.

The third-country program has been criticized by lawyers and human rights experts, who say it results in sending migrants to countries they have no ties with and where they could be denied their legal rights by repressive governments. DHS has said those in the U.S. illegally should leave voluntarily or they could be deported to any number of third countries.

A Mexican man was repatriated this month after spending two months detained in an unspecified location in South Sudan. He was among several deportees held for weeks before that at a U.S. military base in Djibouti. Six other deportees are still believed to be held in South Sudan.

Two court cases have been filed in Eswatini against authorities over the detention of the men there. One is demanding they are given in-person access to lawyers, while another case brought by several nonprofit organizations argues their detention is unconstitutional.

Hearings for the first case have been repeatedly delayed, while government officials failed to appear for a hearing in the second case.

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Imray reported from Cape Town, South Africa.

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