The United States has deported five immigrants from Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba, Yemen and Laos to Eswatini, a small country in southern Africa where the king still holds absolute power. Eswatini says it is holding the men in correctional facilities until they can be sent to their home countries,

The Trump administration said it has deported a group of immigrant men from different countries to the tiny African nation of Eswatini. The five men have long criminal records involving rape, homicide, drugs and assault according to Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.

The administration has made the practice of third country deportations central to its sweeping immigration policy.