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Suriname deports over 200 Guyanese

Jan 14, 2013 News

 

 

PARAMARIBO – In 2012, Suriname deported 234 Guyanese, or nearly one-third of the 750 Guyanese citizens sent back by foreign countries to Georgetown. The Guyana Police Force (GPF), which released these figures, says cases involved drugs-related offences and other crimes, illegal border crossing, overstaying their visa and refusal of the refugee status.
Most deportations by Suriname’s Immigration Department involved people who crossed the border illegally, or had served a prison sentence. Police sources claim most illegal Guyanese were detained in Nickerie and at the checkpoint near Burnside in Coronie and had entered the country via the so-called backtrack route. While most of them had a passport but did not enter through a legal border post, some illegals came to Suriname without any travel documents. The reason most often stated for traveling to Suriname was visiting relatives.
The GPF reports that the 750 persons were deported by the USA, Canada, Great Britain, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, French Guiana, Suriname, St. Martin, France, Curacao, Antigua and Barbuda, Jamaica, Costa Rica, the Netherlands and Spain. The USA deported 158, the largest group after Suriname, followed by Trinidad and Tobago with 128. Canada and Barbados sent back 112 and 82 Guyanese, respectively

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