Privilege, perks and bonuses: why are foreigners so successful in Jamaica? Why are the best jobs in Jamaica always given to foreign nationals and not the locals? If the locals are not available, why not hire the members of the Jamaican diaspora then? This is a topic that can get many Jamaicans fuming really fast, because it is common knowledge in Jamaica that foreigners get all this "royal treatment" while the locals struggle to get a good job.
With this video we shall search for the proof and see the scale of what's happening with immigration in Jamaica and why it is happening.
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🔴 CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
02:25 Why are foreigners successful in Jamaica?
06:03 Immigration - the Context
10:48 Immigration in Jamaica
15:48 Illegal Immigrants in Jamaica
19:35 Why do foreigners get top paid jobs in Jamaica?
24:04 Why not recruit the Jamaican Diaspora instead of foreigners?
30:25 Conclusion and Summary
🔴 MAIN REFERENCES:
► REPORT: Migration in Jamaica - a country profile, 2018
International Organization for Migration, the UN Migration Agency
https://publications.iom.int/books/migration-jamaica-country-profile-2018
► REPORT: World Migration Report, 2022
International Organization for Migration, the UN Migration Agency
https://publications.iom.int/books/world-migration-report-2022
► REPORT: Economic and Social Survey Jamaica, 2021
Planning Institute of Jamaica
https://www.pioj.gov.jm/product-category/annual-publications/the-economic-social-survey-jamaica/
► REPORT: Migrants, Refugees and Societies, 2023
World Bank Group
https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/wdr2023
► REPORT: Global Wage Report, 2020-21
International Labour Organization
https://www.ilo.org/global/research/global-reports/global-wage-report/2020/lang--en/index.htm
► REPORT: Population and Housing Census, 2011
Statistical Institute of Jamaica
https://statinja.gov.jm/Census/PopCensus/Popcensus2011Index.aspx
🔴 JAMAICAN REFERENCE SOURCES:
► STATIN
Statistical Institute of Jamaica
https://statinja.gov.jm
►PIOJ
Planning Institute of Jamaica
https://www.pioj.gov.jm
►PICA
Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency
https://www.pica.gov.jm
►MLSS
Ministry of Labour and Social Security
https://mlss.gov.jm
►MOJ
Ministry of Justice
https://laws.moj.gov.jm/
🔴 INTERNATIONAL REFERENCE SOURCES:
► The World Bank
https://data.worldbank.org
► STATISTA
https://www.statista.com
► UNITED NATIONS
http://data.un.org/
🔴 OTHER REFERENCES:
►The Foreign Nationals and Commonwealth Citizens, etc. Act
https://laws.moj.gov.jm/library/statute/the-foreign-nationals-and-commonwealth-citizens-etc-act
► Countries with the Highest (and Lowest) Proportion of Immigrants
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/countries-with-the-highest-proportion-of-immigrants/
► Immigration by Country 2023
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/immigration-by-country
► UAE Immigration Statistics
https://www.globalmediainsight.com/blog/uae-population-statistics/
► Investigation on the situation with immigrants in the UAE
Sample report:
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1302&context=jss
Sample video:
https://youtu.be/gMh-vlQwrmU
► Illegal immigration
USA
https://www.statista.com/topics/3454/illegal-immigration-in-the-united-states/
CANADA
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/transparency/committees/cimm-mar-03-2022/undocumented-populations.html
UK
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/illegal-migration-bill-factsheets
► "On this business of recruiting foreigners" by Rohan M. Budhai
https://thehowlersint.com/on-this-business-of-recruiting-foreigners/
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