There are growing concerns about a worsening illegal migrant problem on the small, picturesque Harbour Island in Eleuthera, according to island officials. North Eleuthera MP Sylvanus Petty and Harbour Island Chief Councilor Terrance Davis said yesterday residents are becoming increasingly worried. “We have a serious problem with migrants coming from the south,” Petty said. “The
The Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) has apprehended at least 3,249 undocumented migrants so far this year, data shows. Of that figure, 2,620 Haitians and 623 Cubans were apprehended in Bahamian waters up to the end of November. The highest number of apprehensions occurred in April with 743. The lowest occurred in July with 74.
North Abaco MP Kirk Cornish said yesterday the Davis administration is more concerned about who will win this year’s Junkanoo parades than what is going on with the illegal migrant situation on Abaco – the suggestion being that the situation is under control. Cornish was responding to Killarney MP Dr. Hubert Minnis who suggested that
Prime Minister Philip Davis said yesterday that despite the assertion of the official opposition, The Bahamas is not experiencing an immigration crisis. “We do have a challenge with immigration,” Davis told reporters in the foyer of the House of Assembly. “Would I call it a crisis or not? I don’t think we’re there yet, but
The numbers of undocumented Haitians living on Abaco are “closing in” on the Bahamian population on the island, Central and South Abaco MP John Pinder warned yesterday, while calling for stiffer fines for people who employ undocumented migrants. “It has been growing for many decades and it is only growing more,” Pinder told The Nassau