US domestic policy centers on a broad crackdown on illegal immigration that includes large-scale deportation plans. Third-country deportations are being used to send undocumented migrants to countries other than their own and are justified as necessary to expel people described as "so uniquely barbaric that their own countries won't take them back." Small numbers of migrants were sent to South Sudan and Eswatini in July 2025, indicating an initial phase. Uganda agreed to accept an unspecified number of migrants as a temporary arrangement, while stating it would not accept people with criminal records or minors and preferring Africans.
"so uniquely barbaric that their own countries won't take them back."
"In July [2025], a small number of individuals were sent to South Sudan and Eswatini. These were less than ten in total, but it shows the direction of travel"
"The Ugandans themselves have said they would not accept people with criminal records or minors, and preferred Africans as the ones they would accept,"
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