US Finds Eswatini Just the Right Place to Disappear People
Mainstream outlets like Al Jazeera dutifully report on the US sending another 'third-country' deportation flight to Eswatini, framed as part of the 'Trump administration's mass deportation push.' What they gloss over, as always, is the inconvenient history of US foreign policy transforming sovereign nations into convenient receptacles for undesirable populations. This practice isn't new; it's a
bipartisan tradition, reflecting a sustained policy of outsourcing humanitarian crises and human rights responsibilities, often to nations with questionable human rights records themselves. ( Al Jazeera ) One might wonder at the specific choice of Eswatini—a nation whose monarch, King Mswati III, has been criticized for lavish spending while most of his subjects live in poverty, and where
political dissent is routinely suppressed. Such a destination ensures minimal media scrutiny, allowing the US to maintain its moral high ground while individuals are conveniently forgotten. It’s almost as if the 'rule of law' applies selectively, depending on whose border you’re trying to cross, or whose human rights you’re trying to avoid acknowledging. The 'American Dream' now apparently
includes a one-way ticket to a country you’ve never heard of.