Cubans and Afghans deported from US arrive in Guyana
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- Guyana said it received the first six deportees sent from the United States under the Trump administration’s third-country deportation program.
- The group, made up of Cuban and Afghan nationals, arrived Friday after Guyanese authorities vetted them and found no criminal background.
- Guyana’s foreign secretary said the deportees were removed primarily over immigration issues.
Guyana’s government said Saturday that it had received the first of six people deported from the United States under the Trump administration’s third-country deportation program.
Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud said the Cuban and Afghan nationals arrived in Guyana on Friday. His administration had vetted them and found no criminal background.
Persaud said the group had been expelled from the United States primarily because of immigration issues.
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