Guyana agrees to receive migrants deported from the United States

Guyana has agreed to receive a limited number of migrants deported from the United States. According to CBS News, six nationals from Cuba and Afghanistan arrived in Guyana on Friday after being vetted and found to have no criminal backgrounds. They were deported primarily due to immigration issues.

The arrangement, which was reached after months of negotiations, will run for a year and does not constitute permanent resettlement. The migrants will await the outcome of their immigration cases in Guyana and could ultimately return to their country of origin or be relocated elsewhere. The U.N. International Organization for Migration is responsible for implementing the Assisted Voluntary Return Program, and the Guyanese government will not bear any housing or support costs.

Guyana's Foreign Secretary, Robert Persaud, stated that the US has not made any further requests for deportations. According to Le Monde English, the US policy of deporting immigrants to third countries, other than their own and with which they have no connection, was ramped up under the Trump administration. Guyana is one of over 30 nations that have signed deals with the Trump administration to accept deportees from the US who are not their own citizens.

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