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By Abena RockcliffeIt seems as if precautionary measures being taken around the world may help Guyana in its quest to bar potential terrorists from entering the country.Kaieteur News recently reported that the Guyana Government is on the lookout for potential terrorists after being warned by certain countries to so do.Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge said, âIn the few weeks since we have been in office we have already seen some odd trendsâ¦and trends include a sudden rise in visa applications from South Asia.âHe added that at the same time, the Government of Guyana received alerts from the governments of some of the very âSouth Asianâ countries regarding the movement of potential terrorists.Greenidge identified some of the âSouth Asiaâ jurisdictions as Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India.He said that Guyana had picked up,jerseys nfl wholesale, from the general system, that countries had detected increased movements of terrorists from such countries. Therefore, there became a need for special care in monitoring the movements out of those counties.âWe were then told to be careful,â said Greenidge.Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl GreenidgeWhile Greenidge refused to state exactly where his warnings came from,cheap nfl jerseys, he said, âYou must know that only a few countries have the ability to do such monitoring, in order to warn us.âYesterday,cheap nfl jerseys china, Greenidge said that the high volume of applications for visas to travel to Guyana was by nationals of India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and Nepal in particular.Greenidge specified that while some of these applications are for student and business purposes, a significant amount is for tourist purposes.The Minister added that âat least one international airline has therefore been denying boarding of its aircraft to some tourist visa holders from these countries.âHe said too that apart from the issue of terrorists,cheap nfl jerseys online, there is of course the matter of trafficking in persons,cheap jerseys nfl wholesale, which is also a major issue.Greenidge said that Guyana will remain keen to protect itself from being invaded by potential terrorists, maintaining that the country is in no way prepared.Previously, Greenidge had said that âGuyana has little capacity to monitor ordinary criminals, let alone an influx of illegal immigrants from those parts of the world where terrorism is crossing new boundaries â see Thailand for example.âBBC had reported on Tuesday that âa second foreign suspect has been arrested in connection with the deadly bombing at a Bangkok shrine in August.âA foreign man was arrested in Bangkok on Saturday for the blast which killed 20 people.Greenidge said that if Guyana was to become open to situations similar to that of Thailand the country would indeed be in a sad state,wholesale jerseys china, especially when Guyanaâs capacity to deal with terrorists is considered.âIf terrorists arrive in Guyana they would wreak havoc,wholesale jerseys, therefore, we must be careful.âGreenidge told Kaieteur News that he had discussions with the Minister of Citizenship,wholeslae cheap nfl jerseys china, Winston Felix, regarding alerts and arrangements to ensure both careful monitoring and proper handling of visitors.Kaieteur News made persistent efforts both on Tuesday and yesterday to get in contact with Felix in order to find out about measures that may have been put in place but he remains unavailable. |
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