KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s Foreign Minister, Ken Baugh, said that he has informed the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat that he intends to raise the allegations made by Jamaican woman, Shanique Myrie, with the heads of government.
The woman said that she was humiliated when a female immigration officer carried out demeaning cavity searches on her. The woman said that she was trying to gain entry to Barbados when she was subjected to nightmare treatment by the Barbados authorities.
The incident was reported to the Barbadian authorities, and the country’s Foreign Minister, Maxine McClean, said that the Jamaican woman lied, since her body was never searched.
The woman has stoutly denied the claims by the Barbadians. Moreover, her contention was supported by the former Jamaican Honourary Consul to Barbados.
The matter is expected to be discussed by the CARICOM heads of government when they meet in Belize later this week.
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hhhmmmmmm i dunno who right,,, but for the sake that dem bajans think they so high,,,, it’s time to break their leg a lil bit lol,,,,, jus cause my cuz and i was speaking patois in the checkout one female officer said to another “stupes…….. dem lucians” and on dat note i knew them people think caribbean nationals mainly from caricom lower than them,,,,, they don’t realise is not b/dos we want but our u.s visas and green cards lol
Good move. I will say again that given the advancement of technology, these cavity searches are uncalled for. Nobody should have to experience such humilitaion while traveling. If it is found that someone is trying to smuggle any kind of illegal substance by placing it in places where it was not made to go then there should be other means of being able to detect that substance. One of my close friends was subjected to a cavity search here in the States and that experience continues to haunt her to this day.
I wonder what the immigration woman was searching for in the woman’s ‘cavity’?
Boy, Bajans not easy eh!!
Dem bajanz too …up… They do it self and is time we straiten them up cause they have their nose too high up in the sky!!!