A former PLP MP has called for an immediate moratorium on all migrants into the Bahamas.
And a former minister of immigration has warned that if the Bahamas continues on its current trend, it will be over-run with Haitians in the next 20 years.
Both men were speaking at a meeting convened by the Civil Society to address the issue of illegal immigration at the Shcool of Tourism and Hospitality on Wednesday evening.
Former MP Dr. Elwood Donaldson said the government needs to put a moratorium on all immigrants save those needed for vital goevrnment problems.
Mr. Loftus Roker said that if even half a million people from Haiti, a nation of eight million, descended on Bahamian shores, they would outpopulate residents.
Also speaking was current Immigration minister Vincent Peet, who said the 2000 census figures indicate that there are 21,426 illegal immigrants in the Bahamas.
Source: The Tribune
