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'Not all the facts'
President Bharrat Jagdeo (left) addressing the media on the Guyana/Barbados immigration issue yesterday morning. (GP)
Published on: 7/3/2009.
by TRACY MOORE
in Georgetown, Guyana
"WE ARE NOT getting all the facts."
So says Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo as he spoke to the Press after breaking from the Caucus of 30th Summit Of Heads Of Government Of CARICOM at the Guyana International Conference Centre in Georgetown yesterday.
Addressing the immigration controversy between Barbados and Guyana once again, Jagdeo told reporters, that he did not believe that he was getting all the facts. "We have the names of the people who were deported from Barbados and the figures differ substantially from the ones announced," Jagdeo said.
"And we can deal with this in a rhetorical way. If I was asked to leave and I say I don't want to leave as an option and that I prefer to stay, but you say fine, then I have a choice. But if I am asking you to leave and I don't have an option to stay, you have been deported.
"Whether in their books they are going to treat it that you can return later, that is a different matter, but you are deported at that time because you don't have a choice. It is all rhetoric and I don't want to deal with this through rhetoric," Jagdeo said.
Prime Minister David Thompson said last week Sunday and again two days ago when he arrived in Guyana that only four Guyanese were deported since the amnesty was announced June 1 and that the additional 20plus were "asked to leave" the country.
But Jagedo said yesterday that "the figures are wrong".
"We have the numbers that were sent back [or] deported from Barbados, and this is what was given by our immigration, the receiving state. When I look at what the Prime Minister said it is a totally different number.
"Barbados is claiming that it is a problem of information flow and all of that, so I think we may have to look at it together to see what I can do in this area," he added.
He also said the treatment of Guyanese nationals in Barbados had been described as "Gestapo-like".
"This is what we have to investigate. People have alleged that this has happened and then shipped off to the airport without any process. How do we investigate in Barbados, because that is the allegation being made, but Barbados seems not to know."
He said despite all the assurances that his government had received from the highest political level from time to time, "the situation on the ground was substantially different from the rhetoric or assurances that were being given".
The president said he too had experience ill-treatment from Barbados' Immigration Department, "so no one has to tell me, I have experienced it".
"I have gone to Barbados when I was minister of finance and have had difficulties going through the immigration and I didn't use the diplomatic line . . . . And until they opened my passport and until they saw that I was minister of finance, the questioning was irrelevant, and they treated me already in a sterotype fashion," he said.
However, the Guyanese leader said he recognised that each country had a sovereign right to deal with its immigration policies, "but there are excesses that sometimes we observe and we have documented cases where there have been excess and this concerns us greatly".
"We feel that people should be treated with dignity in the region, particularly Caribbean people, and this sets back the integration movement.
"We can treat people who come to a region sometimes with a little backpack, a slipper and short pants better than we treat people who live in this region. It really undermines the entire integration process," he charged.
When asked about his responsibility to create the kind of environment in Guyana to curb migration, the president said:
"Migration is a fact of life and people will go the economic opportunities that they can find [in] any part of the world. There was a time when Barbadians came to Guyana and they found a welcoming environment.
"We had a very difficult time for 30 years; we did not have any democracy and CARICOM did not do much about it . . . . We had a bad patch. The economy was run down, we had a huge debt situation and over that period a lot of our people migrated.
"Until now, we are still reeling from the effects of that period; so we cannot generate high-paying jobs or enough of them to keep enough of our people.
"But that doesn't mean that any country has the right to treat our people in a disparaging fashion," he said.
Meanwhile, he said he would meet with Thompson over the next two days to discuss a bi-lateral engagement, "but the [Barbadian] political authorities must deal with [the immigration matter]".
tracymoore @nationnews.com
BELOW are statistics from Guyana's Immigration Office which it said were deportees from Barbados
January 7
February 7
March 16
April 16
May 29
June 24
TOTAL 99
Numbers who were refused entry into Barbados
January 8
February 3
March 18
April 15
May 7
June 3
TOTAL: 54
43 comment found!
Hold on a minute : 7/4/2009
Barbados is being treated unfairly by the Media.While I am not a national of Barbados, I can certainly empathise with you. Unlike the United States which can absorb immigrants which it encourages and to a certain extent, looks the other way in terms of illegal immigration, Barbabdos cannot. I visit Barbados at least once a year and you guys are super, the country is great, it's people are great. I believe that Barbados is afraid of being contaminated by racism as well as crime and rightly so. You cannot go to another country and decide to live there just like that. However, Barbados is getting a bad rap, although you are correct, but the goverments position is not being clearly communicated and unfortunately your reputation is being damaged. Throwing stones at each others country is clearly not working.
Boycott : 7/4/2009
Apparently the government is moving too slow to get the illegal immigrants out of Barbados, Caribbean, Chinese, European and otherwise. There is a very scary trend of gangsters in Barbados from the most scary island of all, there is worse to come. We have to call the police, the immigration offices, etc. In the meantime, we can boycott their illegal shops, their illegal stalls, their illegal services, their illegal street fair. We can call town and planning and let them know how many are holed up in pig pens in peoples backyards paying meagre rents as they plot crime against locals. The time has come to act.
PM THOMPSON IS A TRUE STATESMAN. : 7/4/2009
Yardfowl is clueless. Sounds like a closet Guyanese illegally residing in Bim who hates the present government. Why doesn't he pack up and leave Bim since he claims things are so bad and nobody wants to come here? Barbadians are trapped? What an erroneous opinion. Bim is still the gem of ALL Caribbean nations, the one all the envious people would like to make their home, if truth be told. To "A Guyanese Speaks," tell your countrymen living in Bim ILLEGALLY what you wrote on this blog so that they too can pack up and leave voluntarily. I'm sure they'll be able to find jobs as well as a far better standard of living in that great land called Guyana. The "future belongs to Guyana?" Oh please, give me a break. If your countrymen don't turn away from (i.e. repent)of their many pagan religions and turn to the Living and true GOD, your country is doomed. If I may say so, Guyana needs a righteous, GOD-fearing man or woman to get their government and society back on track. Too much corruption, mismanagement, blatant racism and as I stated previously, paganism. It's strangling the collective creative energies of the Guyanese masses and GOD, as much as He desires to, can't bless its people because of the existence of those sinful practices. When people lose hope and see no future where they reside, they usually pick up and leave. That's what's happening in Guyana. Perhaps what our PM should do is offer to send some of our skillled civil servants, businesspeople,professionals and the like to Guyana, to assist in its recovery. The Blue & Gold will continue to fly over a free, independent and proud Bajan landscape.
Bajan Need to Tek stock : 7/4/2009
I really am disappointed at the whole mess David thompson has created. The blind sighted and near sight Barbadian who jump onm the anti -Guyaneese and anti -carricom national hype are way off base, WAY -OFF. the construction boom is barbados has pecked out and in not at the level it was under the BLP. many other sector are also in decline. to complicated things we have a government who saw it fit to rais taxs on land, rias gasline price, and now water rates , adding more stree to the econmoy at the crutical ttime when it not adviceble to.,My point is Barbados may be thehave HAD an brooming economy in the passs,But if we continue on our down wardeconomic path , in the futrue it will be us trying to get in to GUYANA. Just take a look at the size of our new oanad underconstruction Housing lots, When things turn do more cruial for us in the fuutue where will we turn for food? what option will householders have if the food stock become to expensive and subsitance Agricutlure become impossible here? where will bajan Go?
Illegals in Bim : 7/3/2009
Mr PM Thompson Bim remains a country of LAWS!!! Ever welcome, wait for a call! Mr. PM, your constituents remain each Bajan who votes; so remain focussed - you answer to us only. Jagdeo has no voting rights in Bim. If you break our Laws, we have a right to Deport you.
Not all the facts : 7/3/2009
Every things in this universe move in a circle. Barbados is at it's peak right now. I don't think it's any better now than 10-15 yrs ago. The money people pay for things is shocking. Even a box of hamburgers, bacon and eggs is over priced. How many families can afford a breakfast like that. What goes up must come down, Right now Barbados is on top but the time will come when one day bajan will be running to guyana for jobs. Guyana has tons of resources What Barbados has? Tourism? What if they stop coming? Then what sugar cane? That too is fast disappearing. The deportation of guyanese is not in question here it's the manner of which it is being done, you don't treat humans dogs. My Grand father migrated to panama to work on the canal and that's all he talk about when he was alive the best time of his life. Baje in T.O
Illegal immigrants in Barbados . : 7/3/2009
I am minding my business but I would like to know if all patriotic Bajans should help the police and immigration officers locate the illegal immigrants ?? I am still minding my business but would also like to know Why Guyanese are fleeing their homeland ?? President Bharrat Jagdeo should be seeking ways and means to stop the demise of Guyana , political , social and economically . In addition , Guyanese are being murdered , robbed discriminated against on the grounds of race in Guyana . Many women have lost their lives as a result of domestic violence in Guyana . Please Mr.President , deal with the problems which are destroying your country because you will NEVER be the political leader of Barbados - we make diligent and educated choices when it comes to electing our political leaders . As a patriotic Bajan , I am proud of our Prime Minister and his administration , the immigration officers , the custom officers , the policemen/women and the other patriotic Bajans , many of whom , are defending Barbados against the verbal attacks by mis-informed anti-barbados elements .
Are you serious : 7/3/2009
The reason that Guyana is in the position it's in now is mainly due to the small minds of some people as we see in some writers to this newspaper. Barbados did not reach this stage in its history by some fluke. It the product of great leaders like Adams and Barrow. They realised that education and investment in people generate great rewards many years in the future. When Barbados was investing in education in the 60's and 70's many nations did not follow. Now they see the results they want to take advantage of this. Please, Please try to emulate us, not attack us because we took the long and hard road to sucess.
Misdirection at it's best!! : 7/3/2009
Let's take a look at the other news stories: 1) B'dos water rates raised by 60% 2) B'dos credit rating lowered by S&P 3) Unemployment rising 4) Tourism dollars and Foreign investment plumetting. Guyana on the other hand is exporting poverty and illegality to its neighbors instead of products and services based on its massive natural resources. Yet we have two leaders who are side-tracking us from their failures both acting like they are "fighting for their people" but are doing nothing for them if you look at where the guyanese and barbados economy is. Thompson invest your energy in holding down inflation and providing the next waive of development for barbadian children. Barbados' problem does not start and end with the Guyanese despite what you want us to think. The Guyanese President has to be responsible and encourage his people to respect the laws of its neighbours.
Both Barbados and Guyanese goverments need to examine themselves : 7/3/2009
I have had the pleasure of listening to both Barbados Prime Minister and Guyanese President talk and my impression is that both men believe that they are leaders of countries like the United States or Great Britain. Both of them need to take their heads from the place where the sun do not shine it has been there too long that they become delusional. They both must fix their respective countries and remember there are more Guyanese in USA than Guyana and Barbados your economy depend on tourism
Why blame Guyanese for fthe DLP's Incompetence : 7/3/2009
Some Guyanese might be here illegally but they are not stupid. They know that the Barbados economy is in peril and that this country is knocking on the back door of the IMF. I doubt anybody is pushing to get into Barbados - even in the last quarter Barbados recorded 22,000 tourist less. Not even tourist are coming - certainly not investors, neither are Guyanese. Under DLP rule, Guyanese know that there are no longer any employment opportunities in Barbados. That is why the DLP is rounding up and deporting those that are here. The DLP should stop fooling itself - nobody is trying to get in (not even tourist) but everyone - including capital - are trying to get out. Barbadians are trapped!
Deportation : 7/3/2009
Lets not focus our attention merely on the Guyanese, I hope the Goverment of Barbados is also in persute of other nationalities like the Europeans, the Indians, and other "visitors" from the region who over stayed their visit by many years.I do hope we will read about other nationalities been deported in the next issue of the Nation New Paper.
LAWS : 7/3/2009
Laws are in place to prevent chaos.If you are illegal you have broken the law. If you over stay you have broken the law.Deportation is the punishment for breaking these laws. Simple ! Why PM Jagedo does not rectify problems in his country and make it so his people will be able to exist.
: 7/3/2009
why all the fuss,the immigrants are replacing all the bajans that left barbados to live in other countries. Wanna need to put God first.
A Guyanese Speaks : 7/3/2009
I have visited Barbados in the past and there is absolutely no way I would want to live there. I find its smallness claustrophobic. For a few precise reasons, the Bajan dollar is stronger than Guyana's, but in terms of economic development Guyana is way more developed. On a per capita basis, there are many more factories, bigger houses, richer people (by that I mean Indians, Blacks, Chinese, Portugese etc) in Guyana. There is also a greater probability of people becoming successful entrepreneurs in Guyana than in Barbados. But that comes with vision and hard work. If only those Guyanese in Barbados could understand this. The hard reality is that in the CARICOM region, the future belongs to Guyana. Barbados has peaked. There is no need for Guyanese to subject themselves to the inherent racism, discrimination and xenophobia of a core segment of the Bajan society. For those of you who are going to scream “Guyanese go home”here’s something to chew on (as one can’t chew and scream at the same time, this should give you time to pause and think) Guyana has historically provided and continues to provide the region with not only the legal luminaries but also the nurses and teachers. Don’t believe me? Think about that Guyanese classmate. Wasn’t he/she at the top of the class.
Stop Running Away : 7/3/2009
What did the government of Guyana or Jagdeo do when a plane load of deported Guyanese were deposited on the tarmac of their airport by Canada a few years ago. Why didn't you boycott Canada and why are you picking on Barbados? Why are your neighbors like Brazil and Venezuela prospering and Guyanese running from country to country trying to eek out a living? It is time that the good people of Guyana demand better from the people who masquerade themselves as leaders. Wake up and rebuild your country, because you have been sliding downward for too long. Blaming others for your problems will not solve them. You have several natural resources, such as gold and bauxite. The only natural resources Barbados has are sea water, sand and its people. Can you picture any government of Barbados having the resources of Guyana at its disposal? Then we would have an economy that would rival that of Brazil. Barbadians expect positive developmental action from their leaders - whichever political party is in power, otherwise, they suffer the consequences at the polls. It is time that Guyanese do the same and stop running away.
Time to close the book on this mess : 7/3/2009
Time to close the books on this mess.I am not a Bajan but I don't feel that the prime minister have to be defensive or to put himself out of the way to explain Barbados immigration policy. There is a legal framework, governing immigration in each country which we all as caribbean nationals must respect. It becomes an integrity issue when we enter any a port in the region and lie to immigration about our length of stay. We must act responsible or we suffer the consequences. So in essence the law is the law. Kervin
WORLD OF MAKE BELIEVE : 7/3/2009
TO OPTIMIST PRIME: Could you "transform" yourself to the present? From your various comments, it seems that you are still in battle with Megatron and the results of the last general elections.
the fact is get legal or go : 7/3/2009
To the poster who talked about boycotting all things bajan, if NYC find illegal bajans here and want to deport them, it's all good because they backside should have come right to begin with. Besides, if that was the case, illegals would still have to go to make room for bajans coming home won't they ? Anyway you slice or dice it,they have to go.
Fair is Fair : 7/3/2009
The Guyanese PM needs to rethink what he is really saying. We are an independent nation, with the right to do what we feel is best for OUR country.If you over stay your time, the you MUST go. BOTTOM LINE. For far too long have the people of Barbados have had to endure this type of foolishness. If you are asked to stay in any particular country, well so be it. If not you should leave. It is about fairness and being practical.Illigals DO NOt contribute to any taxes, and constantly are a burden to the economics of the country i.e. health care etc. Lets be fair, let Guyana`s PM run his country and let our PM run ours. Fair is fair
Not all the facts : 7/3/2009
The fact is this. Illegals must go. Get off Barbados's case! Good post, Mr.Bridgeman.
Dangerous Semantics : 7/3/2009
The debate surrounding Barbados approach to the problem of illegal immigration has reached a new low. The injection of phrases such as gestapo-like by the Guyanese President and intimations of ethnic cleansing by Sir Shridath Ramphal must be answered in the most forceful way by the Government and people of Barbados. When one considers the images which come to mind when such descriptions are utilized, this is not a matter to be taken lightly. Taken in a rather perverse political light, Mr. Jagdeo's comments can be understood as the last resort of a leader who is seeking to cast himself as the champion of a people he has obviously failed miserably. However, the comments attributed to Mr. Ramphal are particularly disturbing. Given his stature and expansive knowledge of international relations, he must be called to account for resorting to imagery more applicable to the horrors of Rwanda and Srebrenica. Certainly the goodly gentleman knows that such a characterization would merit Barbados being monitored under the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. To use such terminology loosely in any context does a grave disservice to the image of Barbados. Mr. Ramphal should either provide the justification for his statement or apologize for it.
BAJANS ARE BEHIND YOU 100%, MR. THOMPSON. : 7/3/2009
Who does the Guyanese PM think he is, GOD's gift to politics? Where does he get off questioning the integrity of our PM and our people? While I would never condone the mistreatment of anyone, I still think that as a sovereign nation, we have the right to conduct our affairs as we see fit. Mr. Guyanese PM would do well if he focused on fixing his country's problems as opposed to constantly harping about his countrymen, many of whom are ILLEGALLY residing in B'dos. If Bim is so bad,why doesn't his government pay for a couple of charter planes to transport them back to Guyana. To the Balgobin person, do you really believe Bajans care about what you or other Caribbean nationals think about the immigration issue, as long as we know in our hearts we're doing the right thing? By the way, if we only possessed "nuff pride, but no industry," as you put it,how could we have constructed an effective system of government and a relative degree of prosperity for our people with no major natural resources? Seems to me it would take some amount of INDUSTRY to pull that off. No Balgobin, you don't really understand what our country is all about.
Imigration : 7/3/2009
I think that Caribbean should boycutt all Bajan product. I know of many Bajan people who live here in NYC illigal, how will the PM feel is the U S will start rounding them up and send them home.
Why All De Fuss? : 7/3/2009
Based on the amount of Guyanese living in Barbados illegally, hundreds of them should have been deported by now. So why is the Prime Minister of Barbados trying to justify to Jagdeo & Gonsalves about deportation of illegal immigrants from Barbados? Guyanese or whoever CANNOT enter another country on the premise that they are staying for one week and end up staying for years without the necessary permission. It would mean that they deliberately lied to immigration personnel on entry, because in most cases they have no intention of leaving when their time is up. Why is it that the many prominent Guyanese professionals living in Barbados LEGALLY - such as the doctors and lawyers not taking up the cause of the illegal immigrants? I just wonder why!! I am sure all of these Guyanese professionals used the correct channels to become citizens of Barbados. Gansalves and Singh where were your mouths when Tom Adams was Prime Minister?
: 7/3/2009
i believe that some of those persons may have been asked to leave and guyana officials treat them as deportees and lump all together to get these numbers.to balgobin 7 , if the person in question didnt present his diplomatic passport to the immigration dont they have the right and the duty to question him as the would anyone else. come on ppl. Alot of people are refused at the airport for their own good , they arrive here to barbadians who have every intention of exploiting them and they dont even know this.
What Unprecedented Mess : 7/3/2009
For fourteen years and nothing like this has happened. Now, in less than two years, we have a cesspool. How did this country sink to such an all-time-low. Mr. Thompson, get Barbados out of this mess,please.
law : 7/3/2009
between january and june 100 ppl were deported dat is like 4 ppl a week compare dat wid the amount of guyanese living in bim illegally. mr jagdeo has not acknowledged that his citizens are coming to barbados and breaking the laws. how would he feel if bajans come down to guyana and break their laws?
GUYANA IN THE WILDERNESS : 7/3/2009
I totally agree with the comments of THE ANALYST. In addition, with respect to Mr. Jagdeo's comments regarding his interaction with Barbados' immigration officials while he was Minister of Finance, I would inquire as to when did this occurred, what does he mean by "stereotype fashion" and what steps did he undertake with the then Government concerning said treatment. Prime Minister Thompson has stated in the past that there is an impatience caused when ..."people conclude or forget what obligations we have under the CARICOM treaty and our domestic laws and expect countries to do more than is reasonable in the circumstances." After Mr. Jagdeo's statements, perhaps the tactic is to frustrate the Barbadian Prime Minister into submission.
foolishness : 7/3/2009
if guyanese werent trying to trick the barbados government into allowing them to enter barbados and then overstaying i dont think guyanese would be processed differently at barbados's airport. has mr jagdeo even addressed the issue of ILLEGAL immigration to barbados? has he even said at any point to discourage guyanese from settling illegally in countries under the guise of vacationing or work permits? mr thompson, if guyanese or any other country's citizens are here illegally, DEPORT THEM. you running barbados not them, and if there is a trend of specific nationals to trick your officials into allowing entry into the country, process them aggressively.(not inhumanely or rough)
Jagdeo is going back to Jan. : 7/3/2009
MR. Thompson I think stated "since the annoucement of the new immigrtion policy regarding illegals."
D' Valued : 7/3/2009
I am just asking but did the DLP ran an ad during the election campaign which said that David Thompson will not cheat - David Thompson will not steakl and that David Thompson will nott lie? During the no confidence debate on Clico, I tend to recall that part of Mr. Thompson's defense was that OECS leaders said that they were taking his word, as regards certain guarantees. Coming so close on the heels of a decision by Regional Heads to selct the Guyana President to lead them in talks with Present Obama - are comments from the Guyana President and the fact that three leaders were absent - yet another vote of noconfince in Mr. Thompson?
FACTS : 7/3/2009
he was rude in his remarks about our leader can anyone ask him about the treatment of BLACKS in guyana MR THOMPSON will you please take BARBADOS OUT OF THIS MESS and let us move on we know how all the islands feel about us lets put our TRUST IN CHRIST not man
Immigration : 7/3/2009
It is amazing that the President of Guyana can so glibly talk about his country experiencing a "bad patch". It is noted that he has quickly side-stepped the weightier issue of development in his country, and instead tries to cast blame for the state of de-development in Guyana and his lack of will to do anything significant to promote development.
: 7/3/2009
Who is to say that Mr Thompson's figures are inaccurate or for that matter that Mr Jagdeo's figures are accurate. Who is trying to prove a point here? Who has an axe to grind? Retired Civil Servant.
So WHAT?? : 7/3/2009
99...54...4...this numbers are MINUTE compared to the number of Guyanese living here. This isn't no big deal to me.
Stupse : 7/3/2009
Why the big insignificant argument over figures Mr Jagdeo. Whether they are 10 or 10,000 they are in Barbados ILLEGALLY and have a right to be deported. You don't just remain in people's place after your time has expired and you are not welcome. Mr Jagdeo what would you have done had Barbadians flooded out your country and robbed it of it's resources. You would have done the same thing. I don't understand this, why is Mr Jagdeo and his country folk fighting us tooth and nail for what is ours? Mr Thompson needs to stop talking and keep up the clean up campaign. DUMB
: 7/3/2009
We are not getting all the facts: Mr Jagdeo you ain't got no shame. You have a big country that you can't get sorted out and want to tell our Prime Minister how he should deal with illegal immigrants in Barbados. You have a racial problem in your country. where the Indians don't want to live with the blacks. Deal with it! You expect us to accept all of your people who come with their attitudes and believes and expect bajans to continue to deal with it and not complain. Guyana is one of the wealthiest countries in the world when it comes to natural resources. What are you doing as prime minister to keep you people in your country. You need to find ways of utilizes those resources and not expect Barbados with its 166 sq miles and no natural resources to support your people. Take a leaf out of our previous prime ministers books and educate your people. Their minds are creative but need to use their skills to develop the blessings that God has laid at their feet. Twenty-two years ago we were having Guyanese here to cut cane. Most of our cane is now harvested mechanically and they are still here along with the other family members they would have invited over the years that did not want to go back. Get this straight I am certain that even the Guyanese living here would like some of them to go back, they are just too much. Bajan
Immigration : 7/3/2009
I have one question. Is the deporting o illegals limited to Guyanese. There are a lot of other illegal foreign nationals. like St. Lucians in Barbados. Why are we not hearing from their government as well? I just wanted to know because all the talk that I am hearing is basically limited to Guyanese.
ai can't believe barbadians : 7/3/2009
I can't believe barbadians have become so foolish and brain washed to let people tell them how to run their countries immigration,I believe people the guyanese who have not met the correct leagal requirement for travel into Barbados,when they return to guyana they are claiming to have been deported,when they actually havent been deported,Barbados as a country have a right to say no to people who they find not fit to enter the country from entering,thats why they have immigration officers,when the USA and England say they can't enter these countries they have to accept it,there is no further argument,Barbados has the same right as a country to say no.Barbadians have become so foolish ,that I almost feel ashamed to be called a barbadian,how can you be angry wityh the prime minister for putting measures in place to control immigration,its all roumours,no other country in this world lets guyanese into their country freely with the reputation they have world wide.
NOT ALL THE FACTS : 7/3/2009
MR PRESIDENT I AM SHOCKED AFTER READING THIS CLIPPING WHY YOU MIGHT ASK BECAUSE IF THIS IS THE CASE WITH YOUR PEOPLE FIND MEANS AND WAYS TO KEEP THEM IN YOUR COUNTRY AND THE OTHERS WHO KNOW THAT THEY KNOW THEY ARE ILLEGALLY IN BARBADOS CALL ON THEM TO COME HOME. BARBADOS IS NOT THE ONLY CARIBBEAN ISLAND THAT JUDGES YOU AT THE AIRPORT I AM A BAJAN AND THE FIRST TIME I WENT TO ST.LUCIA I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO PUT ME BACK ON A PLANE AND I WAS ONLY ENTERING FOR A WEEK-END HAD MY IMMIGRATION DOCUMENTS IN TACT. WENT TO TRINIDAD WITH A GROUP AND ONE MEMBER COULD NOT GIVE THE NAME OF THE PLACE WE WERE STAYING AND WE HAD A HARD TIME BECAUSE OF THAT . I AM NOT SAYING MISTREATING PEOPLE IS RIGHT BUT IT'S TIME FOR ALL PEOPLE IN THE CARIBBEAN TO STOP BASHING BARBADOS AND LOOK AROUND IT'S NOT HAPPENING THERE ALONE. MR PRESIDENT YOU DON'T LIVE IN BARBADOS WITH YOUR PEOPLE SOME OF THE ARE THE MOST DISHONEST PEOPLE AROUND THEY CHEAT AND STEAL LIKE CRAZY AND THIS IS THE PROBLEM SOME ARE VERY NICE SO KEEP OUT OF THE PRESS AND START WORKING ON PROGRAMS TO KEEP YOUR PEOPLE HOME AND TO ACCEPT THEM WHEN THEY COME BACK WITH LOVE THATS MISSING AROUND THE WORLD AND UNLESS WE GET BACK TO IT ALL THESE THINGS WILL HAPPEN.
There you go fokes! : 7/3/2009
"I have gone to Barbados when I was minister of finance and have had difficulties going through the immigration and I didn't use the diplomatic line . . . . And until they opened my passport and until they saw that I was minister of finance, the questioning was irrelevant, and they treated me already in a sterotype fashion," he said. There you go! That's is, right there......Now the damage is done.....The words of a foreign head of state for the entire world to see. While some of you will ignore these comments as merely rhetoric, this is the kind of stuff that diplomatic embarrassments are made of. Of all our country's efforts and dollars spent on drawing tourist to our shores, its comments like that that can cause reparable harm to our nation. Such a delicate issues was miss handle from the beginning and allowed to escalate because of the lack of strategic or tactical skills... The entire carricom community truly thinks this way about bajans. "nuff pride, but lacking industry" Balgobin7
Deportees : 7/3/2009
That's all that were deported? I thought I would see hundreds listed. This man is basically calling the PM or someone who provided our numbers a liar.
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