The Gleaner headline on June 16 stunned many Jamaicans: "Deportee Deal – Jamaica offers to accept non-nationals booted from US." The story, based on a United States Embassy document, revealed a proposed Third-Country Nationals (TCN) agreement and referenced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) under which the US could send up to 25 foreign nationals to Jamaica every two weeks for an unspecified period. If 10 or more remain in Jamaica for over 30 days, transfers would pause until the number dropped below 10. Either country could end the arrangement with 90 days' notice.

With little prior public discussion, Dr Horace Chang, minister of national security and peace (and deputy prime minister), announced that a memorandum of understanding (MoU) had…

The Gleaner headline on June 16 stunned many Jamaicans: "Deportee Deal – Jamaica offers to accept non-nationals booted from US." The story, based on a United States Embassy…

The Jamaica Coalition for a Healthy Society (JCHS) is calling for the immediate suspension and public review of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the Government…

Cabinet Minister Audrey Marks has denied proposing the controversial deal under which Jamaica would receive up to 10,000 third-country nationals (TCNs) from the United States…