The competent authorities have not informed the identity of the second Cuban citizen deported by the United States to Esuatini that is news.
Miami, United States. – At least one Cuban citizen was deported this Sunday in the United States to the kingdom of Esuatini, according to the media Axioswhich cites official spokesmen and immigration lawyers. At the same time, the Esuatini government reported the arrival of the group without identifying any of those transferred.
The Penitentiary Service of the African Country confirmed in A statement The arrival in Esuatini of “10 nationals from third countries from the United States of America” and said they had been hosted “safely in one of the country’s correctional facilities” and were “in good health and in the process of admission.”
A day earlier, the Esuatini government He had announced that this month would receive “11 nationals from third countries” deported from the US
International media and lawyers representing some of the transferred confirmed that among the 10 individuals sent to Esuatini there is at least one Cuban citizen. The medium Axios He said that the group included men from Vietnam, the Philippines, Cambodia, Chad and Cuba. Neither Washington nor official sources from the African country have disclosed the names nor personal data of the newcomers.
In his statement on Monday, the Correctional Service of His Majesty (HMCS) reiterated that the deportees “do not represent an immediate threat to public safety”, since “remain under strict supervision and care within the facilities of the department.”
The entity added that it will remain “committed to the human treatment of all people under their custody”, in line with national legislation and international correctional standards, and recalled that the applicable regulations protect “rights and privacy or confidentiality” of the information of the inmates, which explains the absence of identities in the official announcements.
And the government He had reported that would work “with the pertinent countries of origin and with the International Organization for Migration (IIM) to facilitate the reintegration” of these people with their families and nations, and assured the population that “immigrants do not represent any threat to the security of the Nation or neighboring countries.”
The same notice also pointed out that two other people would be repatriated “soon”, after the “successful repatriation” of a national to Jamaica on September 21.
In A statement sent to Cubanetthe US Office of Novo Legal denounced obstacles to the access of defense to detainees in Esuatini.
The White House version on the October 5 flight underlines the alleged criminal danger of the transferred. “Illegal foreigners deported to Esuatini have been convicted of atrocious crimes that include murder and violation; they do not belong to the United States,” said spokeswoman Abigail Jackson, in response to Axios.
However, lawyers who represent several of the men question the legality of these expulsions and the blockade of access to defense: “I cannot call them. I cannot write to you. I cannot communicate through a local lawyer because the ESUATINI government blocks all access to the defense,” said Tin Thanh Nguyen, legal representative of three of the deportees to Esuatini this Sunday.
This US deportation flight to the kingdom of Esuatini since last July, when five men were transferred —All the Cuban Mosquera del Peral – That, except for the Jamaiquino repatriated to his country in September, they are still imprisoned in the Matsapha correctional complex in the midst of litigation that challenge the US -Uatini agreement and the impediment of regular and confidential contact with lawyers.
Amnesty International has documented cases and required to the authorities of Esuatini transparency on the legal basis of detention and access to defense.
