CARICOM RESPONSE TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DEPORTATIONS DEFENDED

Jamaica has defended the way CARICOM responded to the planned deportation of thousands of individuals of Haitian descent from the Dominican Republic. Jamaica is responsible for coordinating foreign policy among the members of CARICOM. According to A.J. Nicholson, Jamaica’s Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, CARICOM is working to resolve the issue and has been involved in meetings with CARIFORUM and the European Union in which leaders agreed that these two bodies would monitor the Dominican Republic and its promise not to render stateless the people of Haitian descent nor engage in any mass deportations plans.