{"id":1858,"date":"2026-07-18T05:36:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T05:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=1858"},"modified":"2026-07-18T05:36:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T05:36:44","slug":"jamaica-says-2-citizens-deported-by-us-to-eswatini-rejected-repatriation-offers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=1858","title":{"rendered":"Jamaica says 2 citizens deported by US to Eswatini rejected repatriation offers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) \u2014 Jamaica\u2019s government said two of its three citizens recently deported by the United States to the <span>African kingdom of Eswatini<\/span> have formally declined offers to be repatriated to <span>the Caribbean nation<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=1856\">India launches first hydrogen-powered train built in the country to expand clean energy on railways<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said late Thursday that Jamaican officials were still attempting to contact the third citizen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the discussion, the men were advised of the consular assistance available to them and of the government\u2019s readiness to facilitate their return to Jamaica,\u201d the Foreign Ministry said. <\/p>\n<p>The Jamaican government advised the pair that authorities \u201ccould not determine their immigration status in the United States or secure their return there. Both men maintained that they did not wish to return to Jamaica.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Contact was established through the Jamaican Consulate in Miami and a legal adviser representing the men, who haven\u2019t been identified.<\/p>\n<p>Jamaica\u2019s outreach followed diplomatic inquiries directed at U.S. officials in Washington, alongside formal representations made to Eswatini\u2019s government through Jamaica\u2019s diplomatic mission in Pretoria, South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=1854\">Why Britain is getting a new prime minister without a general election<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The growing number of <span>third-country deportations<\/span> by the U.S. government to places including Eswatini have been widely criticized by lawyers and human rights groups.<\/p>\n<p>Eswatini is a tiny kingdom bordering South Africa where the king holds absolute power and has been accused of clamping down on pro-democracy movements.<\/p>\n<p>Orville Etoria, who was the first Jamaican national sent to Eswatini under the program, <span>was repatriated to his country<\/span> last September.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<!-- AP \"Read More\" embed (place mid-article) --><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>His lawyers have accused the U.S. of deporting him unlawfully there in July 2025 and said that he and others were repeatedly denied visits by a lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>Etoria was repatriated with help from the International Organization for Migration, or IOM, a U.N. agency.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=1852\">Iranian strike damages a Kuwait desalination plant, exposing water vulnerability in dry Mideast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamaica\u2019s government says two of its three citizens recently deported by the United States to the African kingdom of Eswatini have formally declined offers to be repatriated to the Caribbean nation. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said late Thursday that Jamaican officials were still attempting to contact the third citizen. The growing number of third-country deportations by the U.S. government to places including Eswatini has been widely criticized by lawyers and human rights groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jamaica says 2 citizens deported by US to Eswatini rejected repatriation offers - Top Moving Pros<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=1858\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jamaica says 2 citizens deported by US to Eswatini rejected repatriation offers - Top Moving Pros\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jamaica\u2019s government says two of its three citizens recently deported by the United States to the African kingdom of Eswatini have formally declined offers to be repatriated to the Caribbean nation. 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