The NEWS (Monrovia)
Benjamin B. Sworh
4 December 2008
Monrovia — Twenty-three Liberian deportees from the United States of America were whisked off to the Correction Palace in Grand Gedeh County minutes after they arrived yesterday at the police headquarters in Monrovia.
The deportees, according to the charge sheet from the U.S. government, were deported for various crimes ranging from cocaine possession, attempted assault on government officials, impersonation, and burglary to other criminal offenses.
The Commissioner of the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization (BIN) Chris Massaquoi indicated that the deportees were sent to the Correction Palace for rehabilitation and counseling.
Commissioner Massaquoi said government was taking the measure to ensure that the deportees were properly screened before integrating them into the society.
He said the deportees would stay at the Prison Palace for several weeks depending on the process.
"You know that some Liberians that were deported form America this year were released to their relatives, but this time around, we are taking security measure to ensure that we properly screen and counsel them so that they don't go back to what they did in the States", he said.
Only one female was among the deportees.
The deportees were manacled and heavily guarded by police officers before boarding the bus for Zwedru.
William Passawe, 36, one of the deportees told The NEWS that he spent 22 years in the States, married, and has five children.
Others deported include, Komai Sandra, Bloyan David, Moriba Kamara, Kassas N. Sieh, Christopher Nippy, Kamara Siaka, Michael M. Hoff, Bilton Freeman, Manning Charles, Fanbulleh Momo, Fallah Aleander Faka Aka Kannad, Morris Guarn, Lewis T. Sobah and Tuna William, among others.
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it is sickening,the liberian leaders are out of touch.they think by brutalising their own people will buy them cheap favours from their oversea masters? they are joking;they should travel to US and Britain and other EU countries and see what their people are going through.It is illegal to work if you dont have papers, and you dont know when they will allow you to work. it can be 5years or 10years ,no guarantee before they tell you to go home with nothing.What our leaders dont understand is the immigration policies are made to discriminate the black man.their leaders dont like… [Read Full Text]
what type of law system do they have there in africa it is against the law to hold people that have already served their time for a crime committed that's why the u.s. deported them back because they were through with the sentenced that the u.s gave them now they are burning up from heat and have no light in a very unsanitary condition for no reason even if you committed a crime you should not have to go to a place in that condition that is probably why so many people are so sick down their. they need to… [Read Full Text]