Todd convenes meeting on Cubans waiting to cross over from Suriname

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation,  Hugh Todd yesterday convened a meeting with Cuban Ambassador  to Guyana,  Narciso Reinaldo Armador Socorro to discuss the pressing issue of a number of Cuban nationals currently camping at South Drain, Suriname who are desirous of travelling through Guyana to get to the United States to seek asylum there.

A release from the ministry said that Todd was accompanied by Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira, Attorney General Anil Nandlall and Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn.

Reuters on Friday reported that Suriname’s government will provide humanitarian assistance to the group of Cuban migrants.