Survey of British migrants to the Caribbean
May 14th 2007, 8:08 pm
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Survey of British migrants to the Caribbean
Hello I am a professor of geography at Queen’s University in Canada and I am currently conducting research into the contribution of first world migrants to the changing economies and societies of the Caribbean. I am particularly interested in knowing more about the reasons why skilled persons from first world countries migrate to the Caribbean, their characteristics, their roles in Caribbean labour markets and the challenges and opportunities that life in the region presents. Could you take approximately twenty minutes, to answer the questions in my online survey? You will be asked to complete few questions about yourself such as your occupation, education, age, the length of time, and reason for deciding to live in the Caribbean and so on. Involvement in the study is voluntary, so you may choose to participate or not. Also, you may also withdraw from participation at any time during the study. Please feel free to ask questions about the research if you have any. I will be happy to explain anything in greater detail if you wish. The survey can be located at: http://www.geog.queensu.ca/Mullings/survey.asp
Dr. Beverley Mullings
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May 23rd 2007, 7:40 pm
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Re: Survey of British migrants to the Caribbean
Is this of any usefulness to your research?
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rticle: More people on the move - by TONY BEST
Date: Published on: April 22nd, 2007
Source: www.nationnews.com - Barbados Nation Newspaper
Link:
http://www.nationnews.com/story/296266055739225.php
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rticle: More people on the move - by TONY BEST
Date: Published on: April 22nd, 2007
Source: www.nationnews.com - Barbados Nation Newspaper
Link:
http://www.nationnews.com/story/296266055739225.php
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May 24th 2007, 10:31 am
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Re: Survey of British migrants to the Caribbean
Is this of any usefulness to your research?
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rticle: More people on the move - by TONY BEST
Date: Published on: April 22nd, 2007
Source: www.nationnews.com - Barbados Nation Newspaper
Link:
http://www.nationnews.com/story/296266055739225.php
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rticle: More people on the move - by TONY BEST
Date: Published on: April 22nd, 2007
Source: www.nationnews.com - Barbados Nation Newspaper
Link:
http://www.nationnews.com/story/296266055739225.php
I have heard a lot of Bajans are leaving because of this, wich I can understand..
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May 24th 2007, 3:38 pm
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Re: Survey of British migrants to the Caribbean
The situation is behind Canada, the USA, and the UK Barbados is the next country with the largest population of persons from Guyana and there's a growing sentiment that there are too many Guyanese in Barbados. But I know every progressive nation goes thru this. Back before Barbados independence in 1966 Barbados was very much like the other islands and was considered somewhat of an impoverished country. Each island at independence set-off on their own path of development with the agenda that their path was right... Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago were considered as more developed in the region at independence and they used to call all the rest "Small islands" that were flooding their countries.
Some islands played around with socialism experiments a little bit while others didn't. Barbados thought the right amount of socialism would be best namely all Barbadians should have the right to free education, free healthcare, and a strong safety-net for the retirement years. Thus far it has served the Barbados economy well and has been the path most other islands are somewhat emulating now.
But in the 1950's -1960's most Barbadians were leaving Barbados is large numbers for new places... Some had even left Barbados for Guyana which was a strong economy at the time. But Guyana played around with socialism in the 1970's and they scared many of the investors out- by nationalizing some international companies resident there leading to a collapse of their economy. As the only English speaking country in South America it should be doing a lot better but slowly but surely Guyana is getting back on track. They got the world bank just a couple years ago to dump most of their debt load and they're reinvesting that money into their country now so slowly but surely Guyana is getting restored to it's former glory.
Its sad though. Barbados is an expensive country so a lot of the new comers you see end-up being homeless. Just a few months ago the Nation news paper had an article about a family of Chinese that had made their way to Barbados and were working for a Chinese company in Barbados but were homeless.
http://www.nationnews.com/story/299179769495387.php
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May 25th 2007, 7:53 am
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Re: Survey of British migrants to the Caribbean
Me? I'm open minded so it doesn't bother me. I wasn't actually born in Barbados myself. I just got dualed-citizenship there in 2003.... I know though that there's some friction between people in Barbados and Guyana(formerly British Guiana) in South America.
The situation is behind Canada, the USA, and the UK Barbados is the next country with the largest population of persons from Guyana and there's a growing sentiment that there are too many Guyanese in Barbados. But I know every progressive nation goes thru this. Back before Barbados independence in 1966 Barbados was very much like the other islands and was considered somewhat of an impoverished country. Each island at independence set-off on their own path of development with the agenda that their path was right... Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago were considered as more developed in the region at independence and they used to call all the rest "Small islands" that were flooding their countries.
Some islands played around with socialism experiments a little bit while others didn't. Barbados thought the right amount of socialism would be best namely all Barbadians should have the right to free education, free healthcare, and a strong safety-net for the retirement years. Thus far it has served the Barbados economy well and has been the path most other islands are somewhat emulating now.
But in the 1950's -1960's most Barbadians were leaving Barbados is large numbers for new places... Some had even left Barbados for Guyana which was a strong economy at the time. But Guyana played around with socialism in the 1970's and they scared many of the investors out- by nationalizing some international companies resident there leading to a collapse of their economy. As the only English speaking country in South America it should be doing a lot better but slowly but surely Guyana is getting back on track. They got the world bank just a couple years ago to dump most of their debt load and they're reinvesting that money into their country now so slowly but surely Guyana is getting restored to it's former glory.
Its sad though. Barbados is an expensive country so a lot of the new comers you see end-up being homeless. Just a few months ago the Nation news paper had an article about a family of Chinese that had made their way to Barbados and were working for a Chinese company in Barbados but were homeless.
http://www.nationnews.com/story/299179769495387.php
The situation is behind Canada, the USA, and the UK Barbados is the next country with the largest population of persons from Guyana and there's a growing sentiment that there are too many Guyanese in Barbados. But I know every progressive nation goes thru this. Back before Barbados independence in 1966 Barbados was very much like the other islands and was considered somewhat of an impoverished country. Each island at independence set-off on their own path of development with the agenda that their path was right... Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago were considered as more developed in the region at independence and they used to call all the rest "Small islands" that were flooding their countries.
Some islands played around with socialism experiments a little bit while others didn't. Barbados thought the right amount of socialism would be best namely all Barbadians should have the right to free education, free healthcare, and a strong safety-net for the retirement years. Thus far it has served the Barbados economy well and has been the path most other islands are somewhat emulating now.
But in the 1950's -1960's most Barbadians were leaving Barbados is large numbers for new places... Some had even left Barbados for Guyana which was a strong economy at the time. But Guyana played around with socialism in the 1970's and they scared many of the investors out- by nationalizing some international companies resident there leading to a collapse of their economy. As the only English speaking country in South America it should be doing a lot better but slowly but surely Guyana is getting back on track. They got the world bank just a couple years ago to dump most of their debt load and they're reinvesting that money into their country now so slowly but surely Guyana is getting restored to it's former glory.
Its sad though. Barbados is an expensive country so a lot of the new comers you see end-up being homeless. Just a few months ago the Nation news paper had an article about a family of Chinese that had made their way to Barbados and were working for a Chinese company in Barbados but were homeless.
http://www.nationnews.com/story/299179769495387.php
I know from one Gyanese family where the father was working very hard in construction, but didn't have a longterm workvisa, and their kids couldn't go to school. sadly because of this the mother and kids had to go back,so the kids could have their education.
I find it ridiculous how this works. Every child has a right to get education, even if you're only in a country for a few months.Barbados has the rule that they will provide education on a workpermit longer than a year.
