Summary
While, Minister of Information, Senator Burchell Whiteman speaking at Monday's, March 7, post Cabinet press briefing did not outline the immediate steps to be taken to deal with the current wave of refugees, it is clear that Jamaica cannot operate an open border system in this regard. The fact is there is a high cost involved in accommodating and processing the refugees -- in providing food, housing, medication and repatriation where necessary. Whatever help the country gets through the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, this cannot off-set an indeterminate and ever-increasing number arriving each week.
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Halting the Refugee Flood
THE GOVERNMENT has indicated its intentions to protect the interests of the Jamaican people in stanching the flow of Haitian refugees appearing...
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