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64 Haitian migrants are repatriated

SIXTY-FOUR Haitian migrants were repatriated from New Providence yesterday morning.

According to the Department of Immigration, the agency repatriated 57 males and seven females from Lynden Pindling International Airport at 11.54am to Port-au-Prince, Haiti onboard a Bahamasair flight.

The migrants were escorted by a joint team of Royal Bahamas Defence Force and Department of Immigration officers.

“All Ministry of Health safety protocols were strictly enforced and overseeing the seamless process of this repatriation operation is chief immigration officer, Harold Thurston,” the department said.

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