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CURB Responds To PRC Status Announcement
Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda [CURB] said they are “dismayed to hear” of the Government’s decision to withdraw of the appeal against Justice Kawaley’s decision on the right of PRC holders to seek Bermudian status. Yesterday, Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy said that the Ministry is withdrawing the appeal in the PRC status matter... Read more of this article
PLP Chairman Responds To PRC Status Matter
The PLP “encourages all Bermudians to stand up and be counted in the wake of the declaration of Minister Fahy that he [OBA] have decided to grant status to Permanent Resident Certificate Holders through a loophole,” PLP Chairman Maynard Dill said today. “What should be abhorrent to every Bermudian is this pronouncement is made after... Read more of this article
Minister Fahy: PRC Avenue To Status Will Stand
[Updated with PLP response] The Ministry is withdrawing the appeal in the PRC status matter and “the avenue to Bermuda status for certain PRC holders that was created by the previous government in 2001 will stand,” Minister of Home Affairs Michael Fahy said today. The Minister said, “The question of Permanent Resident Certificate... Read more of this article
CURB Call For Govt Immigration Policy Review
CURB is calling on the government to “urgently put on hold all status applications and carry out a comprehensive and bi-partisan immigration review” which should “take into account Bermuda’s oppressive and discriminatory history with regard to racialized immigration legislation and discriminatory voting rights.” The statement... Read more of this article
Two Hour Video: PLP Town Hall On Immigration
The Progressive Labour Party hosted a Town Hall meeting last night [June 26] at the Devonshire Recreation Club addressing the topic of immigration and Bermuda status. The meeting follows a recent Court ruling which allowed for a pathway to status for Permanent Residence Certificate [PRC] holders. The PLP has called for government to suspend applications... Read more of this article
OBA: “Enough Of The Rhetoric” On PRC & Status
The OBA said they hope that at the PLP’s Town Hall meeting this evening [June 26], the PLP “does not exaggerate the effect of the Chief Justice’s Permanent Resident Certificate ruling, as they have been doing in the House of Assembly and in the media recently.” The OBA said the “important point to get clear is that statements... Read more of this article
Opinion: Marc Bean On Birthright Of Bermudians
[Opinion column written by Opposition Leader Marc Bean] The Permanent Residence Certificate [PRC] was a solution to a problem that began when individuals were brought in on work permits and through various circumstances were allowed to stay and work in Bermuda for decades. On Friday June 6 2013, the PLP extended the hand of cooperation to the OBA to... Read more of this article
PLP To Host Town Hall On Immigration & Status
The Progressive Labour Party will be hosting a Town Hall Meeting on Thursday [June 26] at Devonshire Rec, with the topic of discussion to be immigration and Bermuda status. PLP Leader Marc Bean said, “Immigration policy in Bermuda has historically been used to deny Bermudians opportunities, create social division and preserve political power for... Read more of this article
PC: Suspend PRC’s Applications For Status
The People’s Campaign is urging the government to “immediately suspend applications for status” based upon the “loophole” that has allowed a pathway to citizenship for PRC holders. A recent Court ruling in the matter of Carne and Correia, essentially means that there is, under current legislation, a pathway to status for... Read more of this article
Govt Files Appeal, 115 People Naturalised
[Updated] Attorney General Trevor Moniz today said that Government has filed an appeal against the Chief Justice’s Judgment in Carne and Correia. The Government said that since the judgment, the Immigration Department has been “inundated” with applications for persons seeking status, and 115 have already been naturalised. A statement... Read more of this article
Video: Walton Brown On PRC Holders & Status
Calling it an “issue of national importance”, Shadow Minister for Immigration & External Affairs Walton Brown held a press conference today [June 10] where he reiterated his call for Government to suspend applications for Bermuda status that fall under section 20B, and work on comprehensive immigration reform. Mr. Brown said, “In... Read more of this article
PLP: Suspend Applications, Work On Reform
The PLP have called on the Government to suspend all applications for Bermuda status that fall under section 20B, and work to produce a comprehensive immigration reform law. Shadow Minister for Immigration and External Affairs Walton Brown was speaking this evening after the Opposition’s Bill seeking to amend the Bermuda Immigration and Protection... Read more of this article
