Immigration and Customs authorities have categorically denied charges by a Jamaican woman that she was finger-raped and thrown out of Barbados when she arrived on the island just over a week ago.
In a front page story carried in the Jamaica Observer newspaper yesterday, Shanique Myrie alleged she was subjected to two demeaning cavity searches by a female immigration officer who also shouted degrading comments about Jamaicans when she arrived at the Grantley Adams International Airport last March 14.
Sophia you are so right the people in Dominica. haven’t A clue the levels of corruption in JA: unlike. Barbados all Caribbean people have this soft spot for Jamaicans, well the bajans don’t. What I cannot understand is, why Barbados. After all they constant claims of being bigger prettier,claims of lawyers doctors scientists gold medals rappers. bobsleds waterfalls. They leave all of this to go and disrupt the bajans way of life. They do have anything in common with bajans. One thing about bajans they proud and very cunning. What U doing here if your country is so nice is what bajans always counter Jamaicans, Trini’s with, because both like to argue about what they have.
(BARBADOS) The Cayman Islands,and the Bahamas supports you 100%. The other islands are asleep at the wheel. Let them boose about there size, an nat: resorces after 50yrs ther’re singing the same song. Jamaica is A country that is corrup from top to bottom. Police firemen, doctors lawyers Airports whores, bleachers everyone. Bajans you have gain the respect of the larger world we wish you continued success.
I really dont know but they have a habit of treating Jamaicans like dogs! One thing Jamaicans are proud and hold their head up high COOYAH!
Hey what you say there! Jamaican men may look ugly to you. Ahh but they are Champions trust me. I would take a JA man over all the rest!
to proud jamaican……………………i am from one of your mention countries. lives in the uk.. travel many time to and from…. work in the public sector in the uk where my work interact with lots of immigration and housing. and my patner is jamaican and he thinks the same as i do. but you are right there are lots of criminal everywhere and jamaicans are in the minority.
JAMAICANS AND BAJANS ARE SIMILAR IN ATTITUDE..JUST THAT THE BAJAN WOMAN OVERCOME THE JAMAICAN WOMAN..BOTH NATIONALITIES ARE CRAFTY,LIARS, AND DISHONESTY..NEITHER TRUST THE OTHER..TWO SIDES OF THE STORY HAVE BEEN TOLD,NOW LET’S GET THE 3rd SIDE WHICH IS THE TRUTH.
Blessed she is delusion for real..Don’t look at her bleached face and fancy chinese hair..They are scary people. Cannot trust a thing that com from a JA woman or Man mouth. Dem a lie too their teeth. Trust me Me know them Cooyah people.
This Jamaican woman is a liar…They think they all that when they come to a foreign country and want to be treated with royalty. These ghetto girls behave like their sh*t dont stink once they leave Jamaica. I cant stand them uneducated fools from Jamaica. A pure lie she a tell.
True or not hard to determine but hope the customs and immigrations guys learn to perform thier tasks with RESPECT FOR PEOPLE
Hope that when these same sort of accusations eventually reach your own island , that you will be consistent in condemning your own officials
I have travelled to and via Barbados and have only had well wishes and assistance from the Bajan officials, even when they had to hold me back because of lack of visa for one of the countries though which I had to intransit.
Customs and Immigration is a country’s frst line of defense from undesirable visitors. I believe that if I gave them cause for suspicion they would cavity search me for cocaine like anyone else, and that would be their right. This person was a woman and she was searched by a woman, so no fetish came into play.
Not every country is insensitive to foreigners coming in to indulge in illegal activies. If her responses to questions etc gives cause for concern, of course they will search her and send her back.
Are you talking about the same nasty Bajans everyone dislike. I reside in the USA and have a house in Babardos and i ask myself everyday when is the housing market going to get better so i can sell that house. I invest in all the islands and Bajans are the worst. Those fools held me for 2 hours causing me to miss my flight to St lucia becuz i did not have my boarding pass to st Lucia. The sad part is i could not get my boarding pass unless i clear customs and go to the liat counter becuase i came down on AA. Bajans thinks they are better than the rest of the islands.
I MORE BELIEVE MR HUSBANDS STGORY THAT SHANIQUE. BARBADOS HAS TO PROTECT HERSELF AGAINST WHATIS HAPPENING ELSE WHERE. WHY DID SHE GIVE CONFLICTING STORIES ABOUT WHERE SHE IS GOING TO STAY. WHERE I AM FROM I SEE THAT HAPPEN TO MUCH TIMES. NEXT THING ALL KING OF WHORE HOUSES RUNNING ALL OVER AND ROBBERIES. THEY CANT WORK THEY HAVE NO PAPERS SOP THEY DO ILLEGAL STUFF. SORRY FOR THOSE WHO FEEL OFFENDED. FURTHERMORE MY ISLAND JUST PUT VISA FOR JAMAICANS AND GUYANEESE TO ENTER MOST OF THE CRIMES ARE BEING DONE BY SOME NOT ALL JAMAICANS
this story is very believeable trust me..had a few encounters with bajan immigration and customs aleady….had a friend that travelled from dominica resently going to the uk through barbados and she missed her flight cuz liat was a bit late out of dominica..them ppl treat her like a criminal..they put her in some shabby little guesthouse for the night with an armed police to guard her like she was gonna runaway or something.
JAMAICANS STAY IN ALL YOU COUNTRY I DO NOT KNOW WHY ALL YOU WANT TO GO TO HOT DRY BARBADOS, I HAVE BEEN TO BOTH COUNTRYS AND I RATHER BE POOR IN THHE HILLS IN JAMAICA AND HAVE PROVISON AND FRUITS IN ABUNDANCE THAN LIVE IN HOT BARBADOS THAT DO NOT HAVE ON STREAM, THE HILLS OF ST ANNS JAMAICA< NYGRIL, MONTEGEO BAY BARBAODS HAVE NOTHING ON JAMAICA
ONE QUESTION I WILL LIKE TO ASK THE JAMICAN AUTHORITY…..WELL IF SHE WAS NOT FINGER RAPE OK THEN, BUT WHY WAS SHE THROWN OUT……………I BELIEVE HER THESE BAJAN THINK THEY ALL THAT
None of you were present to doubt and/or believe her story. Give her the benefit of the doubt. It may have occurred unless she is a mental case.
Certain government officials and I use the word/abbreviation, “etc…”, have a manner of destroying evidence to cover-up their evil actions. It is not the first time this has occurred and will not be the last worldwide.
Who is to believed in this case, the immigration office or this lady and vice versa? Give this a thought.
50 milion french men cannot be wrong!!
Bajans are coparason set of people
File charges and take them to court. Otherwise, they will think that they are God.
Why the Bajan officer didn’t take of the weave on Shanice head nuh.
The Bajan authorities will deny that the horror event took place. I never condone violence but these are the little things that make people go bunkers sometimes. Authorities abuse there power to protect criminals posing as officers in the civil service.
Justice – never ever done.
there is a lot of truth to this story, no one is going to make up story like this one.
yes they will if they are angry at being thrown out. the question is why was she thrown out??????
I have never believed that woman story and I never will. For those of you who say that Bajans treat people like trash, Jamaicans do likewise. they refer to us as ‘small island people’. Stop being one sided
I guess you are being two sided by not believing Ms. Shanique Myrie story, and on the other hand you are saying Jamaicans do likewise. You an idiot, and pleased do all the bloggers a favor, STOP blogging
I’m with u on that one dum.Bajans tend to have that attitude towards the smaller islands and i’ve witnessed it on several occasions in Barbados.Jamaicans have their bad side but that doesn’t mean u can treat everyone the same because of the infractions of a few.It’s a pity how easy things can be swept under the table.
Are you for real? have you ever travelled to Barbados?
Slightly confused because Barbados is itself a small island
I think something went on. If customs did something like that there is no way they would keep records. Talk to me about CCTV not records
Dem people think they are the best in the Caribbean and think everyone wants to come live in their country?
This CARICOM thing there is the biggest joke!!! Is high time we forget about that nonsense I start to chart our own path (move with the OECS instead)
Bajans caribbean people like refuges ws goin to the embassy this guy wanted me to remove evey piece of document i had to tke to the embassy to prove to him im really goin there for the day man i took my precious time until he got fed up
lol
HAH GOOD ONE
lol…i like that
I don’t understand why the women in the Jamaica are so beautiful and the men are so unrecognizable (ugly)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vjJF50lcdk
Dear Harry Husbands of Barbados, I am proudly taking this time to shine a little light on the elitist attitude that is prevalent through Barbados, I must say there are no transparency within the media of your country, what I mean (1) the government include the media always, always covered up the serious crimes what goes around your country? Just to keep your country looking violence free, from the eyes of tourism.
Mr. Harry when you here a rumored, 50% of the rumored will be true, reading Ms. Shanique Myrie statement I must say it’s very sentimental to a lot of people including me, and for you to denied every words in Ms. Shanique Myrie statement, its shows how incompetent you are to human rights, its shows how you and your government are covering up the serious crimes in your country, investigate the matters first before you can put out your own statement sir.
all you tryin to tell me there were no cameras around? WOW!
So they stupid to have cameras in a room where they going to stick their finger up somebody’s tail?
Now because of the popular tourist destinations image, the authorities will of course cover this up as tightly as possible. Imagine what this allegation, be it true or not, could do to the Barbadian economy. Who cares about this poor insignificant Caribbean National? Its all about money these days not about people….Capitalism at work.
Think about it people…an Immigration Officer is interested in travel documents…why would they need to conduct a cavity search….in hopes of finding a passport there? Come on now!!!
try travellin to bgi and you will know about search.
She wouldn’t always know the difference between immigration and customs.
They tend to find white powder in plastic bags
you’re a visitor to where? Have you ever been interrogated by a customs officer?
Cavity searches are common. Cover ups are common, especially when that country/island has an image to keep up.
Ask yourself, why would someone go public with such an intimate thing. What does she have to gain by making false accusations.
Cavity searches maybe common but not by Immigration. Customs or the police are the ones who would be interested in the concealment of contraband. That’s all I’m saying. I’m not implying that she wasn’t searched but I’m stating that immigration does not do these types of searches. In other words eveyone working at the airport is not an immigration officer.
an angry woman will say anything to get at anyone. basicly she was sent back cause she did not have her required documents, period…. i have travel through customs in bdos AND I HAD NO PROBLEMS.
Hey Sugar,
Now tell me, if you were merely refused entry into a country would you make that public? If your privacy and human rights were being violated what would you do? In addition, are you aware that the Jamaican Consular resigned his post because of the unresponsiveness of the Bajan govt. to his claims of discrimination towards Jamaicans? Have you asked yourself why is it that Barbados is asking the Jamaican Consul to Trinidad and Tobago to intervene? Ask yourself pertinent questions about the issue.
I am telling you, Jamaicans are often discriminated against. You have not encountered such treatment because I am supposing you are not a Jamaican, Dominican, Vincentian, or Guyanese (and if you are, you are one of the luck ones). On another note, are you going to tell me that it is only Jamaica that has criminals?
Probably you don’t know this, but Jamaicans are proud people, irrespective of the economic class and level of education. So it takes courage for a Jamaican woman to talk about such violation openly.
This woman is just naturally beautiful. Jamaican Beauty
Aren’t wigs wondeful?
something fishy here .. i dont believe her story .. as a dominican and a caribbean person i know that .. when ppl dont get their way dey can make stories up .. for example a long time back i was in de police station checkin on somebody and it had a dude held by the police and he was gettin on very arrogant .. even cursin officers on dere mothers . slappin his hands on the wall .. and i know him .. when he was release he came saying the police brutalised him and he didnt do dem nothing .. i just shake my head .. we like to say things to make ppl in authority look bad .. i not sayin ppl dont abuse power but some cases are ppl just tryin to bring down authority ..
i believe her….it seem u have not experience the immigration officers in barbados…they are very insultive..and i believe every last word she say…when ever u come from the caribbean, that how they treat u cause they think they are the best…had my fear share with them kiss me a** ugly bajans…lol….i hope they pay
Yes I do believe her since I have been subjected to some kind of attitude at the hands of a Barbadian Immigration ( A woman at that ) but I was very bold and I knew I wasnot going there illegally so I stood up for my rights until an immigration man came to my rescue… the man was so nice compared to this young lady who was very rude ecetra.
I believe her. Why should she lie about that? what’s the motive? The officer even removed her i.d for what reason? crooked people.
Why would there be any record. Everyone is looking to cover their tails these days. Do crooked people keep records of their crooked dealings?
Are they trying to make it seem like this woman is delusional?