The Guyana Police Force (GPF) in a statement yesterday is refuting what it says are allegations in the press and social media that there is a ban on Haitian nationals entering Guyana.
The Force categorically stated that it has not been directed by any authority, neither has the Commissioner of Police been instructed by the Minister of Home Affairs to ban Haitian Nationals from entering Guyana. “There is no ban on Haitian Nationals seeking to enter Guyana.”
In an effort to shed light on the issue, the GPF release stated that between Sunday May 23 and Monday May 24, seventeen out of a total of sixty-one Haitian nationals, who had arrived aboard Caribbean Airlines flights at the Eugene F Correia International Airport at Ogle, were refused entry into the country because they did not satisfy Immigration requirements. “Having not been landed, the 17 Haitians have been kept at the Airport awaiting a return flight to their Port of Embarkation for their journey to Guyana.”
Those Haitians have since departed Guyana aboard a Caribbean Airlines flight from the Eugene F. Correia International Airport, Ogle. They left at 14:40 hours yesterday, May 25.
Caribbean Airlines, airport officials, along with the Ministry of Home Affairs, assisted with meals and accommodation for the affected persons during their stay at the airport, the release added.
