Second flight carrying third-country national expected this week

The second flight carrying one third-country national (TCN) is expected to arrive in Jamaica this week, Minister of Information Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon has disclosed.

Morris Dixon also stated that 20 of the 22 deportees who arrived in Jamaica from the United States more than three weeks ago have been sent back to their homeland, while the other two have indicated their desire to return home.

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“The Minister of National Security had indicated that they were landed for 30 days…we expect that all of those third-country nationals transiting through Jamaica will go,” Morris Dixon said.