Bahamas: Forcible return of asylum seekers

Index Number: AMR 14/010/2000
Date Published: 2 May 2000
Categories: Americas, Bahamas

Haitian asylum seekers are being forcibly returned from the Bahamas, without any examination of their claims for asylum. Amnesty International has longstanding concerns about human rights violations in Haiti, and fears their lives may be in danger if they are returned.