In the past two years there has been a surge in human trafficking via Guyana, especially from Cuba and Haiti, according to a June 13 Sectoral Committee on Foreign Affairs Report, chaired by PPP/C member of Parliament, Gail Teixeira, who analyzed arrival and departure records that were submitted by minister of citizenship, Winston Felix, at the request of the committee.
According to the Stabroek News of Guyana, which used the figures released by the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs, “in the year 2016, 21,165 Cubans arrived and 19,225 left Guyana, a disparity of around 2,000. In 2017, the number was greater, 44,747 Cubans arrived and only 37,492 departed — roughly 7,000 unaccounted for. This year, the trend continued, as up to April this year 22,520 Cubans had arrived but only 16,350 had been reported as having departed.” The Stabroek News, also citing the Parliamentary report, claimed that in 2017 3,515 Haitians arrived in Guyana, but only 291 were recorded as having departed.
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