Guyana says that it has received six people deported from the United States, as the administration of President Donald Trump steps up so-called third-country deportations.
Guyana’s Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud announced that a group of Cuban and Afghan nationals had arrived in the South American nation on Saturday, after being deported due to immigration issues.
“The US has not made any further requests” for non-citizen deportations to be sent to Guyana at this time, Persaud told The Associated Press news agency.
None had criminal backgrounds, according to Persaud. The removals are part of an ongoing campaign under Trump, who promised during his 2024 re-election bid to engineer the “largest deportation programme of criminals in the history of America”.
Persaud said that Guyana reached an agreement with the US to receive deportees after months of negotiations.
The human rights nonprofit Amnesty International estimates that more than 30 countries have entered into such agreements since Trump returned to office, including 15 in the Americas region.
The deal with Guyana will last for one year and does not constitute permanent resettlement, Persaud said.
