And the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration speaking in the senate today addressed the matter claiming that Belize has a quote: "serious migration problem."
Here's his take on the recent problems with refugees:
Eamon Courtenay - Minister of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade
"Efforts continue, up until this very morning, to attempt to undermine the laws of this country, people pretending that they're representing people who want refugee status, people pretending that they're representing people who should not be repatriated as the law requires. Madam President, there is a serious migration problem in this country. The Ministry of Immigration will not sit idly by pseudo-human rights campaigners and lawyers who pretend that what they're doing is vindicating the rights of clients. We are working diligently, to enforce the laws of Belize to stem the flow of migrants, who are entering Belize illegally, who are being trafficked, and persons who are moving through and using Belize as a transit destination. The law of Belize will be applied."
The Human Rights Commission says that a flight to Cuba is not the appropriate manner of deportation in this case as these individuals in fact arrived in Belize overland via Nicaragua.
