The world and his wife

Everyone in the Caribbean thinks they have a right to live and work in Barbados. Other countries are putting illegal immigrants in jail, deporting them, refusing them entry but Barbados should welcome everyone with open arms.I have one problem with the new immigration rules.They should have said all illegal immigrants, not only Caricom nationals.There are too many Chinese, Europeans, Africans and others living and working in this country illegally.

Caribbean nationals hate Barbados and Bajans but they want to live in Barbados because it is peaceful and relatively crime free. Add to that free education and health care and we are the truly the gem of the Caribbean. Most of the illegal immigrants who live here want to create a home away from home. Guyanese are trying to create Guyana, Trinidadians are trying to create Trinidad, Jamaicans are trying to create Jamaica. No one wants to adopt Barbadian sensibilities because they hate Bajans and this is what scares me. In trying to recreate their homeland, Barbados will be subject to all the ethnic issues of Guyana and the crimes of Jamaica and Trinidad. This will lead to the disintegration of the wonderful island I call home.

Barbados is not perfect but our forefathers worked hard to create our way of life. I do not want to see it destroyed by people who care nothing for our island but only for their personal gain.