A Jamaican man who was among five migrants deported by the United States to Eswatini under a controversial third-country deportation program has been repatriated to his homeland, Eswatini officials confirmed Monday.

The man, identified as Orville Etoria, had been held for more than two months in a maximum-security prison in the southern African nation without charges or access to legal counsel. His lawyers accused US authorities of unlawfully sending him to Eswatini in mid-July despite Jamaica’s willingness to take him back.

Etoria returned to Jamaica on Sunday with the assistance of the United Nations’ International Organisation for Migration, according to Eswatini government acting spokesperson Thabile Mdluli. She added that discussions are ongoing for the return of four other deported men from Cuba, Laos, Vietnam, and Yemen.

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has described the group as “dangerous criminals,” stating they had been convicted of serious offences, including murder and child rape and had outstanding deportation orders. DHS said the men were sent to Eswatini because their home countries refused to accept them.

Lawyers for the men dispute that account, arguing they had completed their criminal sentences in the US and were transferred overseas to be held without due process. They also said repeated requests for legal access were denied while the men were in custody.

Eswatini officials, meanwhile, have maintained the men were only “in transit” and would eventually be sent to their respective countries of origin.

The case has spotlighted the Trump administration’s use of third-country deportation agreements, under which migrants can be sent to nations where they have no ties. The US has already deported individuals to South Sudan, Rwanda, Ghana, and Eswatini under the program, and holds an agreement with Uganda, though no deportations there have been reported.