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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

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

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…

www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3369736/laotian-man-freed-eswatini-jail-14-months-after-us-third-country-deportation?utm_source=rss_feed

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