Jamaican Government conducts deportee survey
May 05, 2006
WHILE THE United Kingdom proposes to deport all foreign criminals after they have served their sentences, the Jamaican Government is conducting a study to assess the impact of deportees on the island.
Gilbert Scott, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, told The Gleaner yesterday that deportation was an ongoing discussion with the U.K. as well as the United States and Canada.
Mr. Scott said, however, that Government was currently unable to measure the actual impact on Jamaica by deportations, such as the destabilising effect on several inner-city communities caused by certain deportees.
"That's why we are conducting the study, to get a more objective study of the real impact, everything we have right now is intuitive and not based on data," he said, noting that the study should be completed by the end of June.
TALKS TO CONTINUE...
Author: Ross Sheil
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
