By DENISE MAYCOCK
Tribune Freeport Reporter
dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
FREEPORT – Eighteen suspected illegal immigrants, including a young girl, were apprehended during a series of searches conducted by Bahamian authorities on Grand Bahama.
The joint operation was carried out by officers from Bahamas Customs, Bahamas Immigration, and the Royal Bahamas Police Force.
First, six Jamaican nationals were apprehended in Bootle Bay, West Grand Bahama.
Another 12 immigrants were detained at different locations around Freeport.
These included three Haitian men, one Venezuelan man and three Venezuelan women, and four Brazilian men.
An immigration official said the young girl was also discovered in Freeport, but at a separate location from the rest of the immigrants.
“The minor was found at a location in Freeport and could not produce any documentation of her legal status,” he said. All the immigrants have been flown to New Providence for processing.
Photos/Vandyke Hepburn
Comments
john33xyz 11 years ago
Once processed in Nassau, they will be given Bahamian passports, a plot of Crown land, a car, and a social services food assistance card - along with the school forms to fill out for their children when they arrive in a few weeks time.
A "recent immigrant" card will also keep building inspectors away while they build their shack in the nearest shanty town, and make connections to water and electricity (billed to us under the heading of "fuel surcharge").
It's just standard procedure now - required by the U.N.
rony 11 years ago
They know where all the illegals are, why not get them?
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