{"id":225467,"date":"2019-05-17T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T19:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=225467"},"modified":"2019-05-17T15:55:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T19:55:00","slug":"linton-says-a-uwp-government-will-manage-the-number-of-haitians-entering-dominica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/linton-says-a-uwp-government-will-manage-the-number-of-haitians-entering-dominica\/","title":{"rendered":"Linton says a UWP government will manage the number of Haitians entering Dominica"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_225468\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225468\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-225468\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Lennox-Linton-Haitians-642x378.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Lennox-Linton-Haitians-642x378.jpeg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Lennox-Linton-Haitians-300x177.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Lennox-Linton-Haitians-768x452.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Lennox-Linton-Haitians.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-225468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Linton speaking at a UWP press conference recently<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Opposition Leader Lennox Linton has said that Dominica has the responsibility to manage the number of persons who are allowed to enter the country.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Linton was outlining the United Workers Party&#8217;s (UWP) policy on the entry of Haitian nationals into the country.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Recently, there have been concerns about the entry of an increasing number of Haitian nationals into the country.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cThe Haitian nationals entering Dominica are CARICOM nationals entering Dominica and the policy will be consistent with our regional obligations under the CARICOM Treaty,\u201d Linton said. \u201cHowever, Dominica has a responsibility to manage the amount of people that can relocate from one island of the region into Dominica.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0He continued, \u201cAt a time when we are struggling to provide basic services, health and education for our people, it is simply not going to make sense for the country to have a policy that continues to allow any number [of people] to come into Dominica.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to Linton, that has to be looked at and that will be looked at under the UWP administration.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He made it clear that the Haitian &#8220;brothers and sisters&#8221; from CARICOM will be allowed to come into Dominica but, \u201cwe have a responsibility to manage the numbers.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He said every country in the world has border protection responsibilities<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Linton pointed out that, &#8220;very importantly,&#8221; his party will stop the US$400 payment that the Haitian nationals coming into Dominica are required to pay at the port of entry.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Opposition Leader Lennox Linton has said that Dominica has the responsibility to manage the number of persons who are allowed to enter the country. 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