| Barbados immigration stance…Alliance for Change (AFC) Leader, Raphael Trotman, has issued a challenge to Parliamentarians by way of a motion recently tabled, and will possibly be debated on Thursday, calling on the Government to intervene as it relates to the current fiasco surrounding Guyanese in Barbados.Trotman said in his motion, that was seconded by the party’s Chairman, Khemraj Ramjattan, that “the Treaty of Chaguaramus and the CARICOM Charter of Civil Liberties (Instruments) to which Guyana, Barbados and the other CARICOM States are signatories, declare inter alia that the Community is moving to become one customs and economic Union (CSME) which requires that all of us as a united Community, share and benefit from the region’s resources, including human resources, collective expertise and skills.”The motion in one of its resolve clauses, calls on the Guyana Government to intercede with sister CARICOM states, through diplomatic and any other means, with regards to representing the rights and protection of the Guyanese nationals residing in and traveling to Barbados and the wider Community.A reason established by Trotman, was to ensure that there is no real or perceived discrimination against Guyanese nationals, on the basis of their nationality, which treatment may be repugnant to the spirit and letter of the various instruments to which CARICOM States are all party to.Trotman was adamant via his motion, that the Guyana Government must exhaust all diplomatic and or legal efforts to guarantee the protection of Guyanese people,Cheap NFL Jerseys, by providing the necessary assistance for the dignified repatriation of those Guyanese, where unavoidably are returned to their homeland from Barbados or the wider Community, and to make preparation for their social and economic re-integration into Guyanese society and national life.The motion also seeks that the National Assembly call on all sister community governments, and in particular, the government of Barbados, to ensure due process and protection under the constitution and laws of Barbados, and that the letter and spirit of the aforesaid Community Instruments that have been ratified, is extended to citizens who are resident in, or travel to Barbados and the wider Community.In addition, that the Government of Guyana seeks clarification from the Government of Barbados and other Community States, as to the welfare, legal protection, due process and preservation of the human rights and dignities of Guyanese.This situation arose after the Guyana Consulate in Barbados reported, that since the announcement of a new immigration policy, many Guyanese are being picked on, some solely based on appearance.There are reports now, that their push to legalise their status in the country, is being deliberately delayed.In addition, there are reports that the Barbados Police Force has been raiding the residence of Guyanese at nights, under the guise of picking up suspected illegal immigrants.The allegations come following the announcement by Barbados’ Prime Minister, Thompson, that at the end of the year, all undocumented immigrants on the island would be deported. |
