Pro-democracy protesters from Eswatini marched on the U.S. embassy in Pretoria on Friday, in opposition to a deal that would see their country receive immigrants deported from the U.S.

Activists at the protests carried banners demanding an end to absolute monarchy, alleging that the country's monarch - King Mswati III - was being paid a substantial sum of money in the deal.

Philile Khumalo, one of the protest organizers, told The Associated Press that there was too much poverty in Eswatini, and that no one in the country would benefit from the alleged money.

As they marched to the U.S Embassy, the protesters chanted and sang songs.

Sakhile Nxumalo, president of Swaziland Youth Congress, also expressed anger at the King's 15 wives who, he says, have never worked.

"So, it is for that reason we came here and say, comrade: The United States and Swaziland must just take their people out of our country."

AP video by Nqobile Ntshangase