BAHAMAS AND DOMINICAN REPUBLIC UNDER FIRE BY THE USA AND UN FOR RESTRICTING ILLEGAL MIGRATION AND DEPORTING ILLEGALS Under the new rules that took effect Nov. 1, everyone must have the passport of their nationality and, if they are not a Bahamian, a valid residency or work stamp. In addition, the government is tightening the process for employers to receive work permits for non-Bahamians and requiring first-time applicants for residency permits to apply in their home countries. Mitchell says the Bahamas briefed Haitis government before the new rules took affect and was assured it could provide the passports and other documents needed by Haitians. He has defended the new policies in blunt terms. You cant just jump off a boat with your wet feet and come into the immigration department and apply for a work permit, he told Parliament. The new rules may be particularly tricky for people who were born in the Bahamas to people who migrated illegally. While the constitution allowed them to apply for Bahamian citizenship, many did not. Now, before they can seek legal status — a process that has no guaranteed outcome — they first will need to obtain passports from home countries they may never have seen. A similar situation has been playing out in the Dominican Republic, which borders Haiti and is attempting to regulate a much larger population of people lacking legal status. news.yahoo/bahamas-fends-off-critics-over-migrant-rules-163443914.html
Posted on: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 18:00:29 +0000
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