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JAM | Oct 7, 2024

Twenty Haitians repatriated after arriving in Jamaica by boat

Vanassa McKenzie

Vanassa McKenzie / Our Today

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Still soaked and hungry, a group of Haitian migrants rest along the beach after being assisted to Jamaica’s shores in Portland on July 10, 2023 (Contributed Photo).

Twenty Haitians who arrived on the island on Saturday via boat have been sent back to their home country.

The group, which included 14 men, four women and two boys, one of whom is a toddler, was repatriated last evening by the Jamaica Defense Force Coast Guard.

They arrived on a beach in Kensington, Portland, on Saturday, after which they were snatched up by the police and taken to the Port Antonio Police Station for processing.

This is the fourth group of Haitians to arrive on the island since the start of 2024 to escape the ongoing violence in Haiti.

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