Tuesday, the Government of Costa Rica officially announced that it had resumed the expulsion of Haitian nationals in an irregular migration situation on its territory; Deportations that had been suspended early October in the emergency, due to the passage of Hurricane Matthew on Haiti.

According to a spokesman for the Ministry of Migration, a first group of six irregular Haitian nationals (Bertho, Vary, Francisque, Ariste, Stivel et Lormilsaint), who have failed to present to normalize their migratory status, will be the first group to be expelled to Haiti, accompanied by immigration officials by November 19 at the latest.

Tote that persons awaiting deportation are detained in the Irregular Temporary Detention Center (CATECI) in Hatillo (Central Canton, Province of San José). These individuals are awaiting the completion of the process of verification of their identity and revision and verification in migration and international police systems (Interpol) before being deported to their country of origin.

SL/ HaitiLibre