A group of men evacuated from the U.S. to East Africa’s Djibouti are trapped in a converted transport container, and U.S. immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) officials were deported to South Sudan after deportation by U.S. courts.

The U.S. government said eight deported and 13 people on the ice had begun to "feel uncomfortable."

Eight men from Latin America, Asia and South Sudan, as well as ice sub-members, have been trapped at U.S. naval bases since late May. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said ice officers began to get sick within 72 hours in Jibouti and continued to suffer from suspicious bacterial upper respiratory tract infection.

The Trump administration has tried to send eight detainees to South Sudan, but the judge intervened in May and believed they had the right to challenge the court to deport.

Mellissa Harper, a senior official with the Department of Homeland Security and ICE, said in a court announcement that the detainees were held in transport containers that had been converted to conference rooms. Harper said the ice officer "shares very limited sleep areas" with only six beds between 13 people.

In the manifesto, Harper said the burn pit in Djibouti caused ice officials to feel "throat irritation." She said the outside temperatures often exceed 100F (38C) during the day, and said ICE officials are at risk of malaria because they did not take anti-Malaria drugs before arriving in Djibouti.

"Within 72 hours of landing in Djibouti, officers and detainees began to feel uncomfortable," Harper said.

Harper added: "After arriving in Djibouti, U.S. Department of Defense officials warned officials of the danger of an imminent terrorist group attacking Yemen. In the case of the attack, ice officers lacked appropriate body armor or other equipment."

The statement details the conditions faced by detainees, including only showering once a day and being subject to “pattling and searching” during their trip to the bathroom, which is 40 yards away from the container of cargo held. Harper said the area has limited lighting, “which makes visibility difficult and presents significant security risks for officers and aliens.”

The Trump administration has tried to send eight people to their home countries in Myanmar, Cuba, Vietnam, Laos, Mexico and South Sudan. However, these countries refused to accept them, but U.S. authorities then arranged for them to fly to late May.

Boston’s U.S. District Court Judge Brian Murphy stepped in to rule that the administration “no doubt” violated his earlier order, which was issued in April that ruled that anyone deported to a third-party country has the right to legally challenge.