More than 500 Sierra Leonean nationals have been deported from Guinea and are currently stranded at the Pamlap border crossing awaiting clearance to re-enter Sierra Leone, according to sources.
The mass deportation comes just days after a high-level tripartite meeting involving Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia aimed at easing border tensions within the Mano River region. Authorities on both sides have yet to issue an official statement regarding the operation or its underlying causes.
Witnesses report that Guinean authorities rounded up hundreds of Sierra Leonean citizens residing in the country, with officials alleging that many were contributing to disorder in urban areas and labeling a significant number as idle or unemployed. The operation reportedly caused panic among families, with children and elderly individuals caught in the sweep.
“We were simply living our lives, working small jobs and trying to survive,” one deportee reportedly stated. “Now we’re being treated like criminals.”
Observers suggest the move reflects ongoing tensions over migration and economic pressures in Guinea’s cities, where swelling urban populations have strained public services. Critics, however, argue the deportations unfairly target hardworking, law-abiding immigrants.
Humanitarian groups have called on both governments to ensure due process is followed as stranded deportees await assistance at the border.










Where are those hypocrites Guineans claiming to be Sierra Leoneans ? When government take action then they threaten to protest.
Why Guinea government is still after sierra leoneans. And they are repeating same bad things to us. So as they have done such things, I really wish Sierra Leone government will do the same and deport all Guineans from our country. Because is too much tolerating them of all such of nonsense they have been doing to us,and let this be last by deporting there citizens from our country