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  by pltm
• Aug 23, 2022
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(PLTM) - Deputy Chief Immigration Officer, Mrs. Nadia Demming-Hodge has announced that detainee Ms. Ianna Thomas has been captured.

According to a press release yesterday, Ms. Thomas, a Guyanese national, escaped from the Immigration Department’s temporary detention facility at Hotel Castle Maria yesterday on August 22.

An updated press release issued today indicated that “Ms. Thomas was being detained there pending repatriation, after having arrived in the Territory illegally by sea in July 2022.”

Mrs. Demming-Hodge extended gratitude to the public for assisting in locating Ms. Thomas. She expressed thanks specifically to a caller who provided information on Thomas’ whereabouts.

According to the release “The Immigration Department continues to contribute to the security and prosperity in building a better BVI, by operating fair but firm immigration control that regulates and facilitates the movement of people through BVI borders while exercising sound judgment in the performance of duties.”