Chinese National Cleared of Illegal Entry Charges, Set to Return Home for Christmas

A Chinese national who has been in prison since October is finally able to return to his home country after the Immigration Department dropped the case against him. Forty-eight-year-old Jun Yu appeared in the Belize City Magistrates’ Court today where the charge of illegal entry against him was withdrawn. Yu has reportedly purchased his ticket back to China and is expected to be home in time for Christmas. Yu had arrived in Belize on October 27, when he was interviewed and it was determined that he was a prohibited immigrant under Section 5-1A of the Immigration Act of the Laws of Belize Revised Edition, 2020. He was sent away on a flight with other refugees however, when he arrived in Panama, authorities sent him back to Belize, where he was again arrested and remanded.