{"id":298047,"date":"2023-02-02T14:14:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T18:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=298047"},"modified":"2023-02-02T14:14:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T18:14:24","slug":"africans-refugees-likely-to-be-granted-stay-in-antigua-barbuda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/governance\/africans-refugees-likely-to-be-granted-stay-in-antigua-barbuda\/","title":{"rendered":"Africans refugees likely to be granted stay in Antigua &#038; Barbuda"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_298048\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-298048\" style=\"width: 306px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-298048 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Here.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"306\" height=\"165\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-298048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">About 250 Africans from war-stricken Cameroon arrived in Antigua on December 28, 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Antigua and Barbuda government is likely to grant legal status to refugees from Africa currently on the island.<\/p>\n<p>Africans, mainly from violence-stricken Cameroon arrived in the twin island nation On December 28, via chartered flights organized by Abuja-based FastFlyLinks Travel and Tours.<\/p>\n<p>The passengers, over 250 of them altogether claimed they were coaxed into believing that once they get into Antigua and Barbuda, they would be placed on a connecting flight to eventually get to their final destination; the United States of America.<\/p>\n<p>The chartered flight they say cost them a whopping US$5,000 per person\u2014the average Cameroonian earns 460,000 Central African CAF francs a month, equating to about US$750.<\/p>\n<p>Some have said they are escaping a harrowing situation in Cameroon where a civil war has been raging for the last six years.<\/p>\n<p>The Antiguan government said last week that arrangements were being made to repatriate them to their homeland but these men and women have been crying out for asylum.<\/p>\n<p>It was stated on radio yesterday that sending them back to Cameroon will result in their deaths after having seen most of their families executed during the ongoing conflict there.<\/p>\n<p>But the government said the Africans may be able to stay in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Information Minister Melford Nicholas said \u201cThe Cabinet was informed that the visitors remaining in Antigua can be located in several small hotels and guest houses across the island. An offer to return them to their country is to be made, though many are likely to choose to stay, it was reported. Some arrangements may likely be made to ensure that their status is legal,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The notes said that the Cabinet examined the circumstances under which the Antigua Airways flights were conceived and originated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Antigua and Barbuda government is likely to grant legal status to refugees from Africa currently on the island. 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