Police nab 4 month over-stayer
(CNS): Police handed over a 41-year-old Jamaican man to Customs and Border Control after they discovered he had no legal right to be in the Cayman Islands and had been overstaying since December. But it is not clear now what will happen to the man, given that Cayman has closed its airport. He was arrested in West Bay by police officers after he fled while they were executing a search warrant in an unrelated matter on Friday afternoon.
After police apprehended the man and learned he was an over-stayer, he was arrested and transferred into the custody of CBC officers.
Category: Border Control, Crime
Government wanted 100’000 plus people here? Thank God this didn’t happen.
Thank God the Port construction didn’t take place. Thank you again and again Shirley et al.
Thank you God you know everything and you make no mistakes. Hope we all wake up and realize God made everything perfect and he is in “charge” and we are Only Small Islands” 🙏
How about requiring people without work permits to leave as the law provides, rather than allowing those that want to leave. The only difference in the law between someone whose work permit was cancelled or was terminated 10 days ago and this guy is the duration of the overstay.
May seem harsh but the law was intended to stop unemployed expats becoming a burden on the government and society – especially as they will be challenged to meet the cost of living here and medical expenses if they fall ill without health cover. And that would be in everyday Cayman. With us on the shoulder of a major recession and a pandemic, the issue is even more important.
No idea why Alden ever closed the airport to outbound, but even he realises we now have a problem with the pressures unemployed non Caymanians are going to place on the system. See his comments about extending relief payments to them. Just wait for the uproar if he does that.
But that’s already the law, leave if you don’t have a permit.
1.32pm – exactly.. the “air bridge” could benefit us; like you said – we must “round them up and get them out”. Immediately.
Some of them have no money, because they were dumped by their employer.
No money to pay rent..
Alas, poor Alden. He was so convinced that stacking the island full of unskilled foreign labour at derisory salaries was the foundation of some great get rich quick scheme. Perchance they are human? Aye, there’s the Rub.
Now what? Support them all and not have enough for your own people?
Think fast man. We do not have that much time.
Why would we support people that are not Caymanian. All of them should go to their home country of have some other country take the burden on. Whichever they choose is not our problem. They just need to go.
If we can safely and quickly get them to their own countries and they have no means of support here, then I strongly agree with you. If it is not possible for them to get home, even with our help, then they are ours and we must provide for them as we would anyone else.
6:32am – included should be all the Status and PR holders that cannot sustain themselves! Along with W.P. Holders with no job.
Any chance of arresting those that harbored him?
Hundreds of law abiding Jamaican people in Cayman need to get home. Perhaps we can put on some special flight. Imprison this guy for 30 days and send him home.
Excellent idea, I think CAL needs to offer one or two flights to KIN for those that want to leave.
Actually, I think they will need to offer 50 and the sooner they start, the better for all concerned. Canada, Honduras and Florida are other destinations seeing a high demand for one way tickets. I would add the Philippines, but the planes cannot reach that far.
Honduras isn’t allowing flights in according to the Premier.
They can take their fishing boats then.
1:44pm …. send the Philippines people to London they will accept them. Then they can make their way home.
You do know that Jamaica has also closed their ports of entry right…
Not to its citizens on emergency evacuation flights.