The Tribune

SEVENTY-TWO foreign nationals were repatriated on Tuesday, according to the Bahamas Department of Immigration yesterday.

According to a press statement from the Bahamas Department of Immigration the group included 62 Haitians - 46 men, 12 women and four minors, who were sent back to Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

The first Bahamasair flight left with this group at 7.40am.

There were also ten Cuban nationals - nine men and one woman, returned on another flight to Havana, Cuba, at 1.20pm.

“The Department’s Deportation Unit led both escorts with all COVID- 19 protocols strictly observed as the health, welfare, and safety of our officers, law enforcement counterparts, and migrants remain the highest priority.”

Anyone with a tip about unlawful migration can call the hotline anonymously at 1-242-502- 0574.