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The An­drew Hol­ness Ad­min­is­tra­tion has sought to re­as­sure Ja­maicans that the re­turn of de­por­tees from over­seas ter­ri­to­ries is nei­ther un­ex­pect­ed nor un­man­aged.

The state­ment was made as the au­thor­i­ties pre­pared to re­ceive a flight with 107 de­port­ed na­tion­als on Thurs­day.

Deputy Prime Min­is­ter and Min­is­ter of Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Dr Ho­race Chang, and For­eign Min­is­ter Sen­a­tor Kam­i­na John­son-Smith, say the gov­ern­ment has been close­ly mon­i­tor­ing de­vel­op­ments and de­por­ta­tion trends, and sys­tems are ac­ti­vat­ed to man­age any po­ten­tial in­crease in re­turns.