On today’s date, seven Haitian men appeared in Magistrate’s Court No. 2 before Assistant Chief  Magistrate Kara Turnquest-Deveaux on charges of Overstaying. All pleaded guilty and were  convicted.

All individuals were ordered to be handed over to the Department of Immigration for deportation upon payment of fines or completion of sentences.

Shortly after 9:00 a.m. today, three flights departed New Providence carrying twelve (12) Haitian  nationals (nine females and two males) and one (1) Dominican male.  The Haitian nationals were  deported to Cap-Haitien, Haiti, and the Dominican national to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, respectively.

Further, between August 8 and 12, twenty-nine (29) foreign nationals were deported from New  Providence to their respective home countries:

∙ 17 Haitian nationals

∙ 5 Cuban nationals

∙ 2 Dominican nationals

∙ 2 Jamaican nationals

∙ 1 Cape Verdean national

∙ 1 Ghanaian national

∙ 1 Mexican national

The Department remains committed to upholding the laws of The Bahamas and encourages the  public to report immigration violations by contacting our hotline at 242-604-0249 or 242-604- 0171/2.

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