So, back to Friday's two repatriation flights that touched down at the PGIA. The first was a United flight out of the US and the second a TAG Airlines from Salvador. Tonight we can tell you that that TAG airline flight was the first of its kind, a humanitarian charter flight for stranded migrants. The chartered flight carried 32 Salvadoran nationals back to Salvador and to brought 13 Belizeans home from El Salvador.
And today in a press release from IOM and the UN migration Agency Diana Locke head of Belize's IOM said quote: "This is the first large group movement of its kind for stranded migrants in Belize through IOM Assisted Voluntary Return Program. This represents a big step in the right direction for the dignified return of migrants in the region"
IOM staff in Belize also provided migrants with pre-departure humanitarian assistance including medical assistance, psychosocial support, lodging, food, hygiene kits, and protective products for COVID-19. The 13 returning Belizeans were checked by the Ministry of Health and put into 14-day mandatory quarantine.
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