Guyana risks reputation by joining U.S. deportation scheme — GHRA

(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) said rejection is growing over the Government’s decision to collaborate with the United States on its highly controversial policy of removing migrants and asylum-seekers and sending them to third countries around the world.

In a statement on Saturday, the GHRA said the unpublished agreement is troubling, particularly given the serious concerns surrounding the methods employed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including aggressive arrests of migrants and asylum-seekers in public spaces.

“Implementation of an unpublished agreement with the Government of the USA is totally contrary to the letter and spirit of open and lawful governance, a long-standing aspiration of the Guyanese people who have seen breach after breach, illegal conduct after illegal conduct, done in its name. Furthermore, this behaviour is manifestly in breach of the Constitution of Guyana and with national, regional and international human rights laws and policies,” GHRA said.