On October 31 at 16:35 local time, Suriname formally deported a group of Mennonite settlers who had been evicted from the country’s Mazonia area earlier that same week. The deportation action came immediately after a lower court rejected an interim injunction filed by local firm Suriname Green Energy Agriculture NV against the national government, in a bid to block the removal of the foreign agricultural workers. The Mennonite group was first relocated to the Kraka settlement in Para District following the Mazonia area clearance operation, while the company behind their agricultural project launched urgent legal proceedings to halt the deportation. Presiding judge Deborah Haakmat-Sniphout dismissed all of the firm’s claims on Thursday, ruling that the economic interests tied to the agricultural development project could not override the Surinamese state’s statutory authority to enforce its foreign nationals and immigration legislation. In a separate legal move, prominent Surinamese lawyer Derrick Veira has filed a second interim injunction on behalf of the Mennonite families themselves, which is scheduled to be heard in court on Monday, November 2. The upcoming legal challenge cites prior formal commitments from Suriname government authorities, pending submitted residence permit applications, and the legal right to family protection for all affected community members. As of press time, no further public details have been released regarding the specific logistics of the deportation process, the countries of destination for the expelled group, or the current legal and residential status of the displaced Mennonite families.