<h1>Third-country deportation: five detainees sent to Eswatini held in solitary pending repatriation arrangements and rights scrutiny.</h1> The United States transferred five convicted noncitizens to Eswatini under a third country deportation program; they are being held in solitary confinement while Eswatini describes them as 'in transit' for eventual repatriation purportedly to be coordinated with the IOM. The agreement terms are classified, the IOM states it was not approached, and no timeline or operational details for onward removal have been provided. Reported solitary detention and documented concerns about Eswatini's prison conditions raise human rights and oversight issues surrounding the deportation mechanism.