Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07BRIDGETOWN123
2007-02-01 21:11:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Bridgetown
Cable title:
CARIBBEAN MASS MIGRATION CONTINGENCY ASSESSMENT
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BRIDGETOWN 000123
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR PRM/ECA AND WHA/CAR
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/30/2017
TAGS: PREF PREL PGOV XL
SUBJECT: CARIBBEAN MASS MIGRATION CONTINGENCY ASSESSMENT
REF: A. STATE 10266
B. STATE 3439
Classified By: CDA MARY ELLEN T. GILROY FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D).
C O N F I D E N T I A L BRIDGETOWN 000123
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR PRM/ECA AND WHA/CAR
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/30/2017
TAGS: PREF PREL PGOV XL
SUBJECT: CARIBBEAN MASS MIGRATION CONTINGENCY ASSESSMENT
REF: A. STATE 10266
B. STATE 3439
Classified By: CDA MARY ELLEN T. GILROY FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D).
1. (C) In response to reftels, it is Embassy Bridgetown's
assessment that the Eastern Caribbean countries would be
highly unlikely to accept migrants or to operate camps to
detain migrants. All seven of the Eastern Caribbean islands,
and especially the northernmost three--Antigua and Barbuda,
Dominica, and St. Kitts and Nevis--have extremely limited
security capacity and resources. (Even relatively wealthy
Barbados called on the U.S. for assistance when its single
prison facility burned down in March 2005.) Nor would the
region, which has long maintained friendly ties with the
Castro government, be receptive to U.S. requests to house
Cuban migrants in the post-Fidel era. Both capacity and will
are seriously lacking.
2. (U) Post regrets delay in transmission of response.
GILROY
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR PRM/ECA AND WHA/CAR
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/30/2017
TAGS: PREF PREL PGOV XL
SUBJECT: CARIBBEAN MASS MIGRATION CONTINGENCY ASSESSMENT
REF: A. STATE 10266
B. STATE 3439
Classified By: CDA MARY ELLEN T. GILROY FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D).
1. (C) In response to reftels, it is Embassy Bridgetown's
assessment that the Eastern Caribbean countries would be
highly unlikely to accept migrants or to operate camps to
detain migrants. All seven of the Eastern Caribbean islands,
and especially the northernmost three--Antigua and Barbuda,
Dominica, and St. Kitts and Nevis--have extremely limited
security capacity and resources. (Even relatively wealthy
Barbados called on the U.S. for assistance when its single
prison facility burned down in March 2005.) Nor would the
region, which has long maintained friendly ties with the
Castro government, be receptive to U.S. requests to house
Cuban migrants in the post-Fidel era. Both capacity and will
are seriously lacking.
2. (U) Post regrets delay in transmission of response.
GILROY