January 15, 2011
Who is Being Arrested for Immigration Matters?
The Immigration Division finalized over 2000 detention reviews over a period of twelve months ending November 30th, 2010. Over a 1000 of those were in Central Region representing an 8& decrease. Nationally there was a 4% increase mainly because of the Sri Lankan claimants on the West Coast.
The top ten source countries comprising 53% of all persons arrested for immigration matters include:
- Mexico
- Jamaica
- China
- US
- St. Vincent
- St. Lucia
- Nigeria
- Hungary
- India
- Guyana
On the West Coast:
- Sri Lanka
- Mexico
- US
- Honduras
- India
- China
- El Salvador
- Iran
- Philippines
- South Korea