The government and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) are currently in discussions on information-sharing about Guyanese deported from the US and the areas of intervention for their resettlement as part of a wider one-year US$2.8 million pilot programme.
The US$2.8 million resettlement programme, funded by the US government through the US State Department, will cover Guyana, Haiti and The Bahamas.
The IOM Regional Representative for North America and the Caribbean Richard Scott in a telephone interview from Washington DC on Friday told Stabroek News that the IOM had held initial discussions with the government last month and at present both parties were working to put together a programme which took into account the ideas and proposals put forward.
“At present questions and answers are going back and forth,” he said.
In March an IOM team led by Scott met with government officials including Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee and Minister of Human Services and Social Security Priya Manickchand.
