Today, the Deportation and Removal Units successfully executed deportation orders, resulting in the removal of seventy-one (71) Haitian nationals and three (3) Cuban nationals.
The first group, consisting of nine Haitian males, departed New Providence at 9:04 a.m. aboard a
LeAir flight bound for Cap-Haitien, Haiti. A second group of sixty-two Haitian nationals, comprising forty-nine males and thirteen females, departed at 9:22 a.m. aboard a Bahamasair flight, also bound for Cap-Haitien.
This afternoon, a separate removal exercise resulted in the departure of three Cuban females
from New Providence at 3:29 p.m. en route to Havana, Cuba. Additionally, between June 6 and June 8, sixteen (16) foreign nationals were removed as follows:
12 Haitians
2 Jamaicans
1 Venezuelan
1 American
All standard health and safety protocols were strictly observed to ensure the well-being of both
officers and deportees.
