Twelve foreign nationals who arrived on a Copa Airlines flight yesterday were denied entry to Guyana after they failed to satisfy immigration requirements.
According to Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix, the passengers—six Haitians, a Russian, a Colombian and four Cubans—arrived on a Copa Airlines Flight CM254 and were denied leave to land at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri.
Felix explained that the six Haitians had no visas and were carrying letters purportedly issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs