Showing posts with label Haitians Bahamas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Haitians Bahamas. Show all posts
Friday, March 23, 2012

The Bahamian relationship with the Haitians who migrate here is complicated... Haitians have come to The Bahamas since the creation of the Republic of Haiti in 1804... With the collapse of Jean Claude Duvalier’s regime in the mid-1980s, however, those flows increased ...as Haiti’s poor looked for new lives in new places

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Embracing multiculturalism thenassauguardian editorial The comments of Haitian President Michel Martelly to Haitian-Bahamians when he re...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Bahamians of Haitian descent did not see anything wrong with Haitian President Michel Martelly’s message to Haitian-Bahamians and Haitians on his recent visit to The Bahamas

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Young Haitian-Bahamians weigh in on Martelly controversy By Krystel Rolle Guardian Staff Reporter krystel@nasgaurd.com Two Bahamians of ...
Thursday, February 9, 2012

Visiting Haitian President Michel Martelly urged his countrymen to form a voting bloc in The Bahamas and align themselves with the political party that will best serve their interests

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Haitians told ‘form voting bloc’ by Taneka Thompson Guardian Senior Reporter taneka@nasguard.com Haitian President Michel Martelly yes...
Sunday, October 9, 2011

We do not know what to do with the large number of undocumented Haitians who reside in shantytowns ...especially in New Providence

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Eliminate shantytowns thenassauguardian editorial Haiti is in a state of crisis. It is an occupied country that was devastated by a ma...
Friday, July 29, 2011

Branville McCartney - founder of the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) party is so anxious to become the next prime minister of The Bahamas that he is willing to use the sorry plight of illegal Haitians, and their Bahamian-born children to pander to the fears of voting Bahamians

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tribune242 editorial IT IS a tragedy when a politician, so anxious to win an election, panders to the base emotions of an electorate. And...
Thursday, July 14, 2011

...the continued - and in many cases essential -- presence of Haitians in The Bahamas is because many Bahamians have decided that certain work is beneath them

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Bahamians vs Haitians in the Bahamas tribune242 editorial EVERY MAN will have his day in the sun. Bahamians complain that if "so...
Thursday, July 7, 2011

...the frustration many Bahamians feel with the failed immigration policy in The Bahamas regarding Haitians

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Government immigration statements must be clear thenassauguardian editorial The Director of the Department of Immigration, Jack Thomp...
Saturday, July 2, 2011

The Bahamas cannot and should not follow the UN suggestion to not repatriate undocumented Haitians for now due to the current state of Haiti... If The Bahamas stopped repatriating Haitians, those in Haiti who want to leave that island would consider this country their prime destination...

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UN Haitian request should be ignored thenassauguardian editorial The United Nations is asking countries in the region not to repatriat...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Every time an issue with Haitians comes up, it reminds us all how lackadaisical we've been over the years with finding a permanent solution to the illegal Haitian situation in The Bahamas

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UN ASKS THE BAHAMAS TO HALT HAITIAN DEPORTATION FOR A WHILE BY RICK LOWE CONDITIONS reportedly remain so bad in Haiti that the UN aske...
Sunday, March 6, 2011

Bahamas' shantytown problem

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Courting catastrophe with shantytown problem thenassauguardian editorial Haiti is in a state of crisis. It is an occupied country that...
Saturday, August 21, 2010

Bishop Simeon Hall: Illegal immigrants would not be in The Bahamas in such high numbers without the "complicity of some corrupt persons in authority

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Immigration appeal 'may become joke' tribune242 THE government's appeal for all illegal immigrants to leave the country must be...
Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Illegal Immigrant Policy Shift Confirmed by Minister of Immigration - Brent Symonette

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By Candia Dames ~ Guardian News Editor ~ candia@nasguard.com: After initially declining to provide an explanation on the government's de...
Thursday, April 1, 2010

Bahamas Illegal Immigration Policy Shifts Once Again

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By Krystel Rolle ~ Guardian Staff Reporter ~ krystel@nasguard.com: In an apparent shift once again in its illegal immigration policy, the g...
Thursday, March 25, 2004

The Haitian Situation in The Bahamas - Part 3

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The Bahamas Haitian Situation ‐ Part 3 By Apostle Cedric Moss March 25, 2004 It is sad to watch people work feverishly to try to prevent som...
Thursday, March 18, 2004

The Haitian Situation in The Bahamas - Part 2

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The Bahamas Haitian Situation ‐ Part 2 By Apostle Cedric Moss March 18, 2004 Was Aristide forced out?  Many are discussing this question loc...