A police investigation is underway to determine whether Immigration officers have been issuing illegal work permits to migrants, according to Director of Immigration Vernon Burrows.
Mr. Burrows admitted yesterday that there “may be persons within the immigration department who are accepting funds from foreigners and making erroneaos promises”.
Mr. Burrows said that “police are investigating rumours and alleged incidences of impropriety” at the department following anonymous letters written by employees, implicating certain officers at the department.
“In recent times there have been some unscrupulous persons who have written letters about other employees in the department and many out there are looking at the content of those letters as being factual before a proper investigation can be conducted,” said Mr. Burrows.
Mr. Burrows was responding to claims made by Senate vice-president Rev C.B. Moss, who stated on Tuesday that “the Immigration Department is in need of a thorough house-cleaning”.
Source: Danielle Stubbs, The Tribune
