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Migrants crackdown 'humane and caring'
October 13, 2017
Migrants crackdown 'humane and caring'
IMMIGRATION Minister Brent Symonette yesterday insisted that the deadline threat for all irregular migrants to leave the country by year-end only sounded "draconian" but will be carried out as "humanely and caring" as possible...
Two Haitians detained in Grand Bahama
November 29, 2016
Two Haitians detained in Grand Bahama
TWO Haitians who had entered the country illegally this year were taken into custody over the weekend at McLean's Town, East Grand Bahama, after arriving by ferry from Abaco.
Public Notice Regarding Photos for Visa Application
November 15, 2016
Public Notice Regarding Photos for Visa Application
Effective November 1, 2016, eyeglasses will not be allowed in any photo submitted with a visa application.
18 Cuban migrants detained
September 30, 2016
18 Cuban migrants detained
EIGHTEEN Cuban migrants were apprehended in the southern Bahamas by a Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) patrol craft in the Cay Sal Bank area southeast of Key West, Florida, on Wednesday morning.
10 Cuban migrants apprehended in southern Bahamas
September 26, 2016
10 Cuban migrants apprehended in southern Bahamas
TEN Cuban migrants have been detained after they were apprehended in the southern Bahamas by a Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) patrol craft on Friday evening.
94 Cuban and Haitian migrants apprehended
September 09, 2016
94 Cuban and Haitian migrants apprehended
Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) officers apprehended 21 undocumented Cuban nationals and 73 undocumented Haitian nationals earlier this week in the southern and western Bahamas.
August 26, 2016
Observance of 16th anniversary of passing of Sir Lynden
Observance of the 16th anniversary of the passing of the first Prime Minister of an independent Bahamas, the Rt. Hon. Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling, took place August 26, 2016 at his mausoleum at St. Agnes Church Cemetery.
32 Cuban migrants apprehended in southern Bahamas
August 09, 2016
32 Cuban migrants apprehended in southern Bahamas
Thirty-two Cuban migrants were apprehended in the southern Bahamas in Bahamian waters by members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force on Monday afternoon.
Eight Cuban migrants detained by RBDF
August 02, 2016
Eight Cuban migrants detained by RBDF
EIGHT Cuban migrants have been turned over to Immigration officials after they were apprehended in Bahamian waters by members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force on Thursday night, taking the total captured to 34 during July.
Cuban Migrants Apprehended
August 02, 2016
Cuban Migrants Apprehended
Eight Cuban migrants have been turned over to Immigration officials after they were apprehended in Bahamian waters by members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force Thursday night.
12 Cuban migrants detained by coast guard
July 26, 2016
12 Cuban migrants detained by coast guard
TWELVE Cuban migrants were taken to Grand Bahama by US Coast Guard officials late Friday evening and handed over to Bahamian authorities at Freeport Harbour.
17 Cubans caught by Defence Force in Bahamian waters
June 28, 2016
17 Cubans caught by Defence Force in Bahamian waters
SEVENTEEN Cuban migrants are being detained at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre after being apprehended in Bahamian waters by members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force on Monday morning.
Six Cuban migrants detained
May 31, 2016
Six Cuban migrants detained
SIX Cuban migrants were discovered last Monday on Water Cay in the Cay Sal Bank after reportedly leaving Cuba on May 18, Bahamian immigration officials have reported.
US deports 23 Bahamians
March 11, 2016
US deports 23 Bahamians
TWENTY three Bahamians were deported from the United States this week under new American Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) procedures.
March 09, 2016
Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes Sierra Leone High Commissioner
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration welcomed His Excellency Bockari Kortu Stevens, Non-Resident High Commissioner-Designate of the Republic of Sierra Leone to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas on Wednesday morning
The right decision
January 25, 2016
The right decision
The Department of Immigration has reportedly made the decision to withdraw the work permit of the general manager of Memories resort.
OAS scholarship award winners
January 26, 2016
OAS scholarship award winners
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration is pleased to announce that the following Bahamian nationals have been awarded OAS scholarships for the year 2017:
Carrying a passport should not be a requirement
February 12, 2015
Carrying a passport should not be a requirement
Dear Editor,
I don't have much to say today; only that it would be my wish that, under the (new) immigration rules being touted in recent times requiring all non-Bahamians to have passports with a residency stamp in them, the rules do not also dictate that these persons should have their passports on them at all times, especially children.
Illegal employees are not just Haitians
February 09, 2015
Illegal employees are not just Haitians
Dear Editor,
I recently found out that one of my old co-worker's daughter is working here illegally.
April 16, 2013
Bahamas Foreign Affairs Minister Remarks to Illinois House of Representatives
Illisnois, USA - The following is an Address by The Honourable Frederick
A. Mitchell, M.P., Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration of The Bahamas made to the Illinois House of Representatives on 16th April, 2013...
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