Suriname Expels 5 Who Asked Political Asylum

PARAMARIBO, Suriname —  Five people who arrived in Suriname by plane seeking political asylum from the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe were expelled after being interrogated by authorities here, an official said Monday.

The five, whom authorities did not identify, landed in a private Cessna aircraft at Suriname’s Zanderij airport, 28 miles south of Paramaribo.

“They were detained and after being interrogated were ordered to leave the country,” Foreign Minister Henricus Heidweiller said. “Some of them claimed to be members of an independence movement in Guadeloupe, but we haven’t been able to verify that.”