What a pleasure it was to read two such contrasting, but heartfelt letters, in your 25 October edition, one from a true Caymanian A.E. Morgan, and one from a fairly new expatriate, Tamber Laskey.
As a not-so-new Caymanian (having received my status in the 1970s when it was a rare and significant honour), let me say in response to Mr. Morgan, that the current Government’s immigration policies have my full support.
There has been a lot of misguided criticism from the Jamaican community on this issue recently, but nowhere have I seen any expression of gratitude to the Caymanian people for the opportunity that 10s of thousands of Jamaicans have had to come here to work and significantly better their standard of living.
Ms Laskey on the other hand admirably expresses the point of view of the expatriate and quite rightly takes objection to the tone of Ms Vargas’ earlier letter. Ms Vargas has every right to defend our immigration policy but such totally unfounded comments that expatriates are only interested in themselves and their families serve only to divide our communities.
When I originally applied for status, I had to write an essay explaining my reasons for applying, and then appear before a board for interview. One of the main reasons I gave was that I considered the Cayman Islands a wonderful place to bring up my children.
Despite the current controversies I firmly believe this still applies, but as we are now such a cosmopolitan country we must strive for understanding and co-operation between our communities.
Roger M. Davies
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