Antigua reopens talks with U.S. on deportees

(Kaieteur News) – Antigua and Barbuda is preparing to resume discussions with the United States over a proposal for the Caribbean nation to receive a limited number of third-country nationals deported from the US.

Antigua’s Ambassador to the United States, Sir Ronald Sanders, announced that the talks are expected to restart shortly at the request of Washington, as part of a wider US initiative involving several countries, including Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states.

The development comes as Guyana has already entered into a similar arrangement with the United States. Last week Guyana received six third-country nationals removed from the US—four Cuban nationals and two Afghans—under an arrangement that has generated public discussion over the legal, financial and humanitarian responsibilities associated with accepting deportees who are not citizens of the receiving country.