NASSAU, Bahamas — As he defended the government’s plan to fully eradicate shanty towns in the country, Labour Minister Dion Foulkes said despite a new deadline for evictions in New Providence he is confident residents living in unregulated communities will experience a “seamless transition” to standard residential areas come August 10.
Earlier this month, former Progressive Liberal Party Immigration Minister Loftus Roker branded the government’s previous July 31 Nassau deadline for evictions as “nonsense”.
Mr Roker also said he had no faith the government will find any success in this deadline, telling The Tribune it was hard to think otherwise when it appeared the December 31, 2017 deadline for all illegal immigrants to leave the country was not honoured.
In response, Mr Foulkes, who is chairman of the Shanty Town Action Task Force, said the remarks were “unfounded” and insisted the government’s plan was laid on the table from the outset of this undertaking. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2018/jul/16/seamless-move-out-of-shanty-towns-expected/
