The agreement permits the United States to send up to 144 deportees to Guyana. The deal lasts for one year.
Six third‑country nationals arrived in Guyana last Friday. The Guyana government said those arriving would not be criminals and would be vetted.
Odessa Primus said "I think the government should make the information available. We would like to know who these people are where they are going to be." Odessa Primus said "I am not sure what magnitude of crime, if any, was committed and that is reason for concern." Odessa Primus said "the police would have to grapple with 'high-tech criminals' coming here and adding to the Venezuelans and Cubans." Odessa Primus said "That, for me, is very scary because we clearly are not solving crime fast enough in the ways that we should have," Odessa Primus said "The US should have kept the deportees or send them where they ought to go 'because they certainly don’t belong here.'"
Amanza Walton-Desir queried whether any deportees are suspected, though not convicted, of any activity of concern. Ms Walton-Desir called on the government to publicly disclose the agreement in the National Assembly 'at the earliest opportunity.'
The International Organisation for Migration, with assistance from the United States, is supporting much of the third‑country migrants’ transportation to Guyana and accommodation. The GHRA is calling for the prompt release of the text of the agreement between Guyana and the U.S. covering the acceptance and treatment of deported persons.
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