| Attorney-at law Mortimer Coddett has written to Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee seeking redress for three Brazilian females who were detained by local police for overstaying their time in Guyana.The three women were arrested last Friday at Parika while they were on their way to the city from an interior location to seek an extension of their stay in Guyana.The three females, including a 16-year old girl, had arrived in Guyana late last year and were given temporary stay of three months.They were reportedly being taken care of by a relative, Raimundo Oliviera Dias, who is married to a Guyanese woman, Bernadette Dias, and who operates a business in the interior.According to Dias, who runs a restaurant at Madhia, the females during their stay here had assisted him in the preparation of Brazilian cuisine for their countrymen who form a large part of the work force in Guyana’s interior.Shortly before their permission to stay had expired,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, the women contacted their attorney Coddett ,Wholesale NFL Jerseys,with a view to assisting them to extend their stay in Guyana.It was while they were on their way to the city to finalise the arrangements that they were arrested.Kaieteur News understands that the women were forced to hand over $10,000 to the arresting ranks with the hope that they were going to be released to pursue their appointment with the Ministry of Home Affairs.This was not the case and the women were transported to Georgetown where they were placed into the custody of the police at the Criminal Investigations Department, Headquarters, Eve Leary.According to Coddett, he contacted a senior detective at Eve Leary on Monday but by then arrangements were already in train to have the women placed before the court.In court,China Jerseys NFL, the three women were fined $30,000 each and the Magistrate ordered that they be deported. This Coddett claims, despite his informing the court that he was in the process of regularizing the women’s status in Guyana.In his subsequent letter to the Home Affairs Minister,Cheap Authentic Jerseys, Coddett outlined the facts relating to the women’s plight, indicating that the Brazilian Ambassador is prepared to support their application for extension of stay and work permits.Coddett requested an urgent meeting with the minister to iron out the issue.Coddett even went further to have Brazil’s Deputy Ambassador to Guyana,China NFL Jerseys, Rodrigo Fonseca, accompany him to the meeting with the Minister.However the meeting never materialized since the minister was engaged in other matters.Coddett said that the Brazilian Ambassador has indicated that he has a keen interest in the matter.Meanwhile, the three females are presently detained at the East La Penitence station lock-ups.“Because of our relationship with Brazil, we should be more accommodating. They are not picking fare or doing anything illegal. But yet they have them like criminals. All we want is for them to be given an opportunity to be here legally,J.R. Smith Jersey,” Codett said.Another Brazilian woman, Vanessa Da Silva, who is associated with the three women, expressed disgust at the bottlenecks foreigners face when it comes to regularizing their status in Guyana.“Guyanese in Brazil only take one year to get citizenship even if they are not married. I have three children for a Guyanese man and I cannot get my citizenship even after 13 years. The Ministry of Home Affairs has all my documents,” Da Silva told this newspaper.Kaieteur News was informed that the local law enforcement official have seized the passports of the three women.Contacted last evening Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee said that the technical staff of his ministry is looking at the matter with a view to advising him on the way forward.He pointed out that this was a case where the women were in breach of the law and were dealt with by the court. |
