Nicholson to address Jamaican travel across CARICOM

Apr 25, 2013

KINGSTON, Jamaica - DECLARING THAT Jamaica is by no means satisfied with how the free movement of nationals across the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) region is being facilitated, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade AJ Nicholson has announced that the Government is gearing up to take the matter to the highest level of the CARICOM secretariat for discussions. Nicholson, who was addressing the Rotary Club of St Andrew meeting on Tuesday. pointed to the Shanique Myrie incident as one clear example that all was not well in CARICOM as far as the free movement of nationals was concerned. He told the gathering at the Hotel Four Seasons that Jamaica and other Caribbean nations were awaiting the ruling on the Shanique Myrie case before "taking up the issue".

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