ABC news reports that 75% of migrants deported to Guatemala tested positive to COVID-19. Overall, Guatemala currently has only 200 cases and some 7 deaths. The US deportations can easily be responsible for such numbers.
Now, how would the US feel if their citizens were jailed in foreign lands, infected on purpose with a novel disease and then sent home to cause a pandemic? It is not fair to force countries to accept infected individuals while forbidding free people from flying.
Unfortunately, this is not an isolated case. Italy also freed Romanians from Italian jails and sent them home — sick with COVID-19.
Again, if a country puts someone in jail, they become their problem. This means the country that jails them has the duty to pay for the jail — and for food, medical care, ventilators, if needed. The insemination of the citizens of another country with a virus and sending them home to spread it, is criminal. To put this in perspective, since there is a 15 year jail sentence for private citizens who spread COVID-19 in Romania, equivalent penalties should apply to countries who deport people that spread the virus.
In general, if a country places somebody in jail during a pandemic, they should keep them. It does not matter where they were born. It is not fair to only keep the PhD students.
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