It is my understanding that a country has the right to decide which non-citizens it allows entry. However, like so many have mentioned there are treaties, agreements etc. that countries enter into. Therefore, while Guyana has the right to deport the Haitians it simply cannot ignore the rules. Robeson Benn and others have hinted that the Haitians are trafficking humans. Included in the group are several children. Is it being suggested that the children are trafficking humans? If there is human trafficking it is more likely that those children are being trafficked. Is the right course of action to detain them and lie in court to get an order to deport them? The court was apparently told that the Haitians lied about where they were staying. Is one to believe that the police went to court with arrival records showing where each Haitian said sh/e would be staying ? Even if that was produced we are told the detainees were found at a hotel and in a minibus. When people are granted visitor's visas are the compelled to stay at a particular address for the duration of their visit? If Dularie is granted a visitor's visa to Canada for six months does she have to stay with Datilo for the entire time or could she spend some by a saga bai? Would she have to let immigration know that she moved to saga bai's place?
The truth is that current group of Haitians and the thousands before them do not want to stay in Guyana. They want to go to French Guiana and Brazil etc. They are not as someone mentioned going to Guyana because Guyana has oil . They are simply looking for a better life that they believe they will find in Brazil etc. Why would a human being deny another human being that opportunity when it doesn't disadvantage the former in any way?