160 Venezuelans deported as judge orders State to say where migrants are
Government sent 160 Venezuelans back to their South American homeland even as lawyers for several groups of migrants, among them children, were seeking the court’s help to stop the deportations.In a release on Saturday evening, National Security Minister Stuart Young announced the deportation of 160 Venezuelans with the assistance of Venezuelan authorities. He said the exercise was done based on the country’s laws in in fulfilment of government policy.His statement came even as attorneys for 19 Venezuelans got an order from the court to stay their deportations. However, Young said the matter was heard ex-parte and he had sought the Attorney General’s intervention in the case.
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