A woman who fled a tyrannical Haitian regime on board a wooden sloop as a teenager 43 years ago, said she has been waiting nearly 40 years for the grant of her Bahamian citizenship after falling in love with and marrying a Bahamian man.
Jacqueline, 62, whose name has been changed because she fears retribution, began her perilous journey to a new life on an overcrowded boat from the northern region of Haiti in 1976.
Unlike some Haitians who come to The Bahamas by boat, Jacqueline does not live as an undocumented migrant. She has a work permit which grants her permission to live and work in The Bahamas.
A woman who fled a tyrannical Haitian regime on board a wooden sloop as a teenager 43 years ago, said she has been waiting nearly 40 years for the grant of her Bahamian citizenship after falling in love with and marrying a Bahamian man.
Jacqueline, 62, whose name has been changed because she fears retribution, began her perilous journey to a new life on an overcrowded boat from the northern region of Haiti in 1976.
Unlike some Haitians who come to The Bahamas by boat, Jacqueline does not live as an undocumented migrant. She has a work permit which grants her permission to live and work in The Bahamas.
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