A Vietnamese national deported from the United States to South Sudan under the Trump administration's immigration policy returned to Vietnam on Friday, ending a year spent in the East African country. The information was confirmed by South Sudanese authorities.
Tuan Thanh Phan was among a group of migrants convicted of serious crimes and transferred to third countries under deportation agreements established by Washington. These measures sparked widespread international outrage due to their unprecedented and controversial nature.
Before his departure from Juba International Airport, the capital of South Sudan, the spokesman for the South Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Agok Anyar Madut, indicated that the repatriation operation had been jointly organized by the governments of Vietnam and South Sudan.
Speaking briefly to reporters, Tuan Thanh Phan said he was eager to reunite with his family after many years of separation. He also revealed that he had spent 25 years in prison in the United States before his deportation, without providing further details about his legal history.
The case is part of a broader program of deportations to third countries implemented by the president's administration. Donald TrumpAccording to authorities, at least eight people were transferred from the United States to South Sudan under this scheme.
South Sudan had already arranged the return to his country of origin of a Mexican national expelled under similar circumstances. These operations illustrate the role played by certain third-party states in the implementation of new US migration policies.
The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not immediately comment on Tuan Thanh Phan's return. For the former prisoner, however, this trip marks the end of a particularly turbulent period and the beginning of a long-awaited return to his family.
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