Go to the playa? Not really. If Donald Trump is not yet officially in charge, it seems that he is impatient to implement his campaign promises, in particular that of mass expulsions of illegal migrants, at the risk of being upset.
The American businessman's team would have in fact contacted the Bahamas archipelago so that they would accept in the future migrants from other countries expelled by the United States, according to the office of the Prime Minister of this small Caribbean country. Request revealed this Thursday and refused by the Bahamas, an archipelago where 400,000 inhabitants reside.
A proposal “firmly rejected”
“This proposal was presented to the government of the Bahamas, but the Prime Minister studied it and firmly rejected it,” the executive of this British Commonwealth country announced in a statement. According to NBC News, the Republican billionaire's team has compiled a list of countries he would like to see welcome deported migrants. Still according to NBC News, the list established by Donald Trump's team includes, among others, the Bahamas, Panama, Grenada and the Turks and Caicos Islands, countries or territories in the Caribbean.
The press release from the services of the head of government Philip Davis mentions “the proposal from Donald Trump's transition team in the United States for the Bahamas to accept flights of migrants from other expelled countries”. “The Bahamas simply does not have the resources to satisfy such demand,” according to the same source. “Since the Prime Minister's refusal of this proposal, there have been no further exchanges or discussions with the Donald Trump transition team or any other entity on this subject. The Bahamian government maintains its position.”
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