Deported, denied entry...smh

[Sir X]

The Government needs to commence discouraging Jamaicans from visiting Trinidad & Tobago and Barbados. At the same time, encourage Jamaicans to cease residing or working in those countries. There is no love for Jamaicans in Barbados and in Trinidad & Tobago. Let us not fool ourselves.

Another issue the Government needs to address is the Jamaican passport, which is now named Caricom passport. If I am likely to be kicked out of Trinidad & Tobago and Barbados, which are Caricom countries, then I should not be compelled by my Government to hold a Caricom passport. If a Caricom passport does not guarantee me entry into a Caricom country, then what on Earth am I doing with a Caricom passport? I am now formally demanding that the Government cease issuing us with Caricom passports and let us revert to using a Jamaican passport.

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/colum...ry---smh_73921

[Willi]

Totally agree.

[Islandman]

Jamaicans are being sent home in staggering numbers. We have a serious problem.

Based on statistics from the security ministry, last Friday we reported that between 2012 and 2016, some 9,425 Jamaicans had been deported from about 17 countries, or an average of 2,336 per year. The United States led the way with 4,153, the UK followed with 1,345 and Canada was third, having sent back 931 Jamaicans.

The other countries accounting for the remainder of 2,954 deportees were: The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Curacao, Mexico, Germany, Cayman, Colombia, Grenada, Panama, St Lucia, Switzerland, St Maarten, Aruba, and Antigua and Barbuda.

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/edito...ortation_73945