{"id":110136,"date":"2020-05-06T11:57:58","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T15:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=110136"},"modified":"2020-05-06T11:57:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T15:57:58","slug":"government-plans-to-limit-immigration-temporarily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/government-plans-to-limit-immigration-temporarily\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Plans To Limit Immigration Temporarily"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Foreign Affairs Minister, E.P Chet Greene, says he plans to meet with the Chief Immigration Officer and her team shortly to discuss implementing new guidelines on immigration announced by Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, over the weekend.<\/p>

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The economic fallout as a result of the pandemic has lead Browne to pursue placing limit all immigration temporarily.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the things we have to do is to control the number of people coming into the country as new immigrants. I know we have a large immigrant population, but we can\u2019t have a situation where you have high unemployment and people coming in to burden down
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The PM is urging non-national residents here to advise their relatives back in their native lands that travelling to Antigua and Barbuda, at this time, is being discouraged, temporarily.<\/p>

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\u201cThere is no formal ban on travel to the country\u2026but we are appealing for those residents with families members overseas to inform them that we do not want any burdening of the system especially in light of the crisis forced upon us by the pandemic,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

Browne promised that if and when the country\u2019s economic situation improves and there\u2019s need for additional workers, he will have no difficulty in allowing more people in.<\/p>

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Foreign Affairs Minister, E.P Chet Greene, says he plans to meet with the Chief Immigration Officer and her team shortly to discuss implementing new guidelines on immigration announced by Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, over the weekend. The economic fallout as a result of the pandemic has lead Browne to pursue placing limit all immigration temporarily. 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