Vincentian nationals are among other CARICOM citizens whom the government of the BVI will assist in leaving the island following the widespread destruction left by Hurricane Irma.
The announcement by the BVI government said priority would be given to the following categories of persons: elderly, disabled, persons with chronic conditions, individuals with young children and pregnant women.
The government noted that CARICOM nationals are asked to register by sending an email to [email protected] or by visiting the BVI Red Cross between the hours of 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
The following information will be required: name, country of destination, passport number and contact information.
On Wednesday a senior British Virgin Islands (BVI) government official encouraged non-nationals who can’t find work after the damage caused by Hurricane Irma to leave the British Overseas Territory.
Vincent Wheatley, the Sister Islands Programme Coordinator in the Deputy Governor’s Office, made the call even as several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nationals, including those from St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Guyana, were among other non-BVI nationals being housed in a community centre that had been stripped of its roofing shingles.
CARICOM countries include the following: Antigua and Barbuda; Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, The Bahamas and Trinidad and Tobago.