GOVERNMENT IS MOVING to stamp out the practice of non-nationals seeking immigrant status not keeping appointments with the Immigration Review Committee, sometimes on the advice of their lawyers, and instead going “underground”.
The warning came yesterday from Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite as he piloted an amendment to the Immigration Act on behalf of the substantive minister, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart.
Brathwaite indicated that the measure was aimed mainly at combating passport fraud, and disclosed that Government was moving in the direction of introducing biometrics with regulations providing for individuals to be subjected to facial or retina scans and fingerprinting so the authorities could be satisfied that the subject was who they claimed to be.
He said the Immigration Department served a very crucial role in the island’s security apparatus and must be given the resources not only to perform its duties but to enhance them. (AB)
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