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Immigration Minster, E. P. Chet Greene said action will be taken against Immigration officers who discriminate against non-nationals.<\/p>

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\u201cI want to be very clear, abundantly clear, pellucid, that the Department of Immigration will not tolerate, for another day, any officer who thinks that their responsibility is to berate and insult persons who come to the department for services\u201d, Greene said in Parliament on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe pride ourselves with respect of our Caribbean civilization that CARICOM citizens, OECS citizens are special citizens. We are the same, he said adding, \u201cWe will not tolerate any officer telling you go back where you come from. Those are the kinds of reports that I get from time to time that cause me to think or to speak like this\u201d.<\/p>

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The Minister said he will personally address any matter that is brought to his attention.<\/p>

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\u201cI want to say to the Caribbean Nationals, especially in Antigua & Barbuda, that anytime that you go to the Immigration Department for services and you are confronted by any member of staff who treats you in that kind of fashion be careful and be sure to take their name and to report it to me, not the Chief, to me, the buck stops here now, the joke ends\u201d, Greene said.<\/p>\n

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Immigration Minster, E. P. Chet Greene said action will be taken against Immigration officers who discriminate against non-nationals. \u201cI want to be very clear, abundantly clear, pellucid, that the Department of Immigration will not tolerate, for another day, any officer who thinks that their responsibility is to berate and insult persons who come to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":50680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nImmigration Minister Says Discrimination Against Non-Nationals Will Not Be Tolerated - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/immigration-minister-says-discrimination-against-non-nationals-will-not-be-tolerated\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Immigration Minister Says Discrimination Against Non-Nationals Will Not Be Tolerated\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Immigration Minster, E. 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