Almost 30,000 overseas-based Guyanese returned home in May last year, the same month that Guyana observed its 50th anniversary of Independence, Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix has revealed.
According to figures provided to the Sunday Stabroek by Felix, returning Guyanese topped the list of 77 nationalities who visited Guyana for the period May 1 to May 31, 2016.
The figures were tabulated based on entries at the various ports.
While it had long been said that thousands of Guyanese based abroad came home to be a part of the country’s Golden Jubilee celebrations, no figures or breakdown was ever given to support this.