Being deported from any country seems to be a degrading experience among Jamaicans, quite often a myriad of ills caused by the deportees are in evidence, but how does the act of expulsion affect the deportees? Many of them emigrated with their parents at a young age, spent their adolescent lives and then became adults abroad. Having been schooled, socialized and naturalized into foreign cultures and ways of life, a fraction of the nearly three thousand individuals expelled each year from the countries in which they resided arrive in Jamaica displaced and vulnerable. Of the total number refouled between 2005 and 2010, one study indicated that a minority – but a significant number do not have local family or ties to Jamaica. issues such as stigma, unavailability of jobs and pressures to positively integrate into society become real challenges that they may have faced for the first time. Coming from a more ideal life, once many of them reach Jamaica, that's when reality sets in and their lives change for better or worse. After attempting to settle down and fit in, some attempt to find a positive niche in which they can live, while others engage in criminal acts because it may be the easiest solution. , or even the only one, to get out of it. Overall, the majority struggle to be accepted and respected and to ultimately reintegrate and live the Jamaican way of life. The life of any deported Jamaican, however, is never without challenges, as a certain degree of burden, skepticism and scrutiny rests on his or her shoulders. due to preconceived ideas. It considers individuals who dispel myths, face stigma, and survive hardship in one way or another. he characterized the deportees as having little connection to Jamaica. You would think that having the world's first president of color, Barak Obama, would benefit those of that ethnicity, but his presidency has so far deported hundreds of thousands of people, compared to his pre-predecessor George W. Bush, whose policies deported approximately three hundred and seventy thousand people during his last year in office. Additionally, during 2011, approximately 1,336 Jamaicans were deported, an increase of 68 from the previous year. In 2012, the United States returned 1,379 Jamaicans and in total 2,629 Jamaicans were deported from all countries. The numbers appear to increase each year, as many Jamaicans here and in the diaspora have expressed concern, disagreement and outrage at these policies and question the deportation policies of countries of origin..