THEY ARE SENT BACK HOME

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At one point there were some 510 people in the detention facilities in Inagua. There were some 500 more on boats either headed for The Bahamas or on Bahamian Defence Force vessels waiting arrest procedures. It looked for a while like an invasion. The FNM went into full attack mode, suggesting that this rather routine migration problem was some sort of emergency.  It was certainly urgent but not destabilizing.  Of course it had to be managed. The people of Inagua were quite upset that these numbers were on their shores and using their facilities.  Mainly though it was a financial issue because the last time such an emergency happened the FNM government left without paying their bills.  This time hopefully that won’t happen.  By weeks end the first 500 were gone. The next five hundred are to be sent out within days. There are more on the way but as fast as they come, the Haitian government must respect their obligation to accept their citizens back home. The first group was sent out on 2 October 2021