The decision to remove the Warrau migrants from the community of Kabakaburi, Region Two and relocate them to a camp in Region One was taken to “protect them from exploitation” according to a government source close to the issue.
Between November 2021 and early March 2022 over 125 Warrau migrants paddled for approximately 10 days, in canoes, from the Mabaruma Sub-District in Region One into the Pomeroon River where they were housed by the residents of Kabakaburi Village.
Earlier in March, the Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard removed the Warrau migrants and placed them in a refugee camp on Khan Hill, Mabaruma. The banishment of the indigenous migrants from Kabakaburi was sudden and left the villagers there questioning the move.
