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Deported Guyanese refuses to board flight
Guyanese businessman Desmond Alphonso is not prepared to leave the British Virgin Islands without a fight to have certain demands met. Under a deportation order last Friday, Alphonso was set to leave the Territory on the next available flight to his place of birth, Guyana.
According to BVI Platinum News, yesterday Alphonso was scheduled to leave on a 7:00 am LIAT flight destined to Guyana.
However, the businessman said he is not going on any flight until he is given an opportunity to sort out things in relation to his business.
He is contending that he was not given sufficient time to get his business documents in order and that he is going to Guyana, a place he has not visited since he left as a child.
The businessman said if his demands for more time are not met, he will be seeking to return to Guyana on a chartered flight.
This morning at about 05:30 hrs, Alphonso refused to be taken from the Road Town Police Station by Police and Immigration Officers, who were set to escort him to the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport.
According to BVI Platinum News sources, Alphonso also told authorities that he will create a disturbance on the flight if he is not placed on a chartered flight or given the opportunity to sort out his business.
Lawyer Vernon Malone was also at the Police Station meeting with the hierarchy of the police force and Immigration Department on the matter on behalf of Alphonso.
However, Malone told BVI Platinum News that he does not wish to comment on the matter. He did confirm that Alphonso is still being held at the station in Road Town.
“I am not aware of any details with respect to his removal. You will have to get that from Mr. Fraser, the head of Immigration or the Deputy Governor because I am not at liberty to talk about it…As a matter of fact, I do not know of any of the details and I expect to be advised…Yes he is [on island]; I left him at the Road Town Police Station,” Malone told BVI Platinum News when contacted.
Guyanese businessman Desmond Alphonso
Meanwhile, at the airport, family, friends and workers of DA’s businesses were all there waiting for him to arrive at the airport. However, at 7:00 am it was obvious that he was not coming and the word later got around that he was putting up a resistance at the station.
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