The Trump administration has deported five migrants convicted of violent crimes to the African nation of Eswatini, the Department of Homeland Security said.

The US has deported five migrants to the tiny southern African nation of Eswatini as President Donald Trump’s administration steps up its aggressive deportation campaign to third countries.

The government of Eswatini said the five migrants deported from the U.S. will be held in solitary confinement for an indefinite amount of time

Eswatini’s government said on Wednesday that it was holding five third-country nationals deported from the United States in isolated prison units under a deal with President Donald Trump’s administration,

The government of Eswatini has confirmed that the migrants are currently being held in its prisons. They have been put in isolated cells, as authorities acknowledged “widespread concerns” about the mi

The US has deported immigrants from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Cuba and Yemen to Eswatini in Southern Africa following a recent Supreme Court ruling on third country deportations.

As it seeks to ramp up deportations, the Trump administration has sent some migrants to far-flung places that aren't their home countries.

The Trump administration deported five migrants from Cuba, Jamaica, Laos, Vietnam and Yemen to the tiny African nation of Eswatini on Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security announced.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) was not involved in the removal of third-country migrants from the United States to Eswatini and has not been contacted to helpsend them back home, the agency said on Thursday.