Published 8 January 2018

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

A 100 percent increase in St. Kitts and Nevis nationals deported from the United States in 2017

Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 9, 2018 – St. Kitts and Nevis recorded just over a 100 percent increase in the number of nationals deported to the twin-island from the United States in 2017.

Statistics obtained from the United States Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) website stated that 16 Kittitians and Nevisians were deported in 2017 compared 9 in 2015.

ICE indicated that 15 nationals of St. Kitts and Nevis were deported in 2015.

The Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement has identified St. Kitts and Nevis as among 23 countries that often refuses or delays issuing travel documents for ICE deportees.

In 2015, it took St. Kitts and Nevis 165 days to respond to ICE requests and the average number of days it takes for the countries to repatriate citizens.

When the deportation process takes longer than six months, ICE must release the foreign nationals under current laws.

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Published 8 January 2018

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

No one taken to court for torching the Venezuelan Embassy and OAS Secretariat

Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 9, 2018 – Four years after the Embassy of Venezuela was gutted by fire and a failed attempt to burn down the Organization of American States (OAS) Secretariat in St. Kitts on January 5 2014, no one has been brought to justice, although two persons  charged in connection with the embassy fire have been released.

In a statement on January 23, 2014, the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force said one male of Phillips’ Village and formerly of Lodge Project, had been formally arrested and charged in connection with the fire which consumed the building that housed the Venezuelan Embassy.

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