Since the news broke that Shanique Myrie from Jamaica was finger raped by an immigration officer while being subjected to a search at Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA). The internet has been ablazed with comments such as "Shanique Myrie says...", but who is Shanique Myrie?
The Jamaican Observer newspaper broke the news, but to this day no one knows who this lady is. No one has tried to discover if her story is credible.
The reputation of the immigration officer has been put under the microscope, and will most likely be tarnished. Vitriol comments from some who would almost like to derail Barbados' progress, and reputation across the globe continue to manifest across the internet. Yet, the name Shanique Myrie is gaining sympathy votes, although we know nothing of the name, and who is behind the name.
Do the authorities in Jamaica have any criminal records on Ms. Myrie? Has she ever made accusations of a similar nature? Has she ever been deported from any other country? What is Ms. Myrie's occupation? Does she have ties in Jamaica?
Until we understand who we are entertaining maybe we should wait until this story is properly investigated, before we decide to run with it.
Barbados has had around 54,000 Jamaican arrivals during the period 2008 - 2010, of these about 900 were deported for various reasons. Some 53,100 were able to enter the island. Barbados is glad to have visitors to its shores, but i'm not sure we should entertain all visitors at the detriment of Barbados and its genuine visitors, and citizenry.
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The Barbadians living in Jamaica are well treated
and while 280 Jamaicans were not allowed entry to Barbados in 2011 only 2 Barbadians were not allowed entry to Jamaica. Barbadians in Jamaica hold and have held may senior jobs and there is no discriminationIn Barbados there is massive discrimination and hatred against Jamaicans and it clear that Barbados do nor wish Jamaicans to visit there. the Myrie case is the tip of the iceberg as there have been many other cases where Jamaicans have been abused. Also Jamaican women are hated In Barbados/ How do we resolve this difficult problem. One option is to end the CSME because it is not working an d ha no future. Let Barbados go their own way
Bajans: Granted that they had tro search Ms. Myrie, But what are the immigration officers doing smelling the rape finger afterward? Now, that is troubling.
As a Jamaican, I support my people wrong or right. if they are right they are right and if they are wrong they are wrong. Those who are asking question about Ms. Myrie are evil because they want to link the factr that she was raped by government agents in Barbados to her reason for being in that country. It should not matter what she was doing in BIM, to rape her is not appropriate. I understand that Harry Husbands is g*y, that because of his g*yness in give free reign to the police officers to finger search women, That is disgusting, really disgusting and sick.
What is the latest with the Shanique Myrie case?
Shanique Myrie to return to Barbados to identify the officer who allegedly finger-raped her last month.
The Jamaican delegation who went to Barbados to investigate the Myrie case, had meetings between the high officials of the Barbadian delegation, a tour of the detention facilities at the Grantley Adams International Airport, and had a well-attended meeting with the Jamaican community in Barbados, led the delegation to the unanimous conclusion that there are widespread perceptions of negative attitudes towards Jamaicans and that Miss Myrie's report was deserving of the fullest investigation.
As a barbadian living in Jamaica, this has me worried, is her story true or not but Jamacians tend to back jamaicans wheter right or wrong and in Barbados we back the truth no matter what, my home has the discipline to deal with this no matter the outcome and for Ms. Myrie sake I hope it is on her side, because if it is not true she should be dealt with to the full extent of the law both in Barbados and Jamaica and if her story is true then the guilty party should be dealt with to the full extent of the Law. As for deporting her, any where you go in the world you have to meet a standard to be admitted and it is up to the immgration officer at that time so, guess what they do not have to justify themselves for turning her back, just for the alledged charges against them
I'm in agreement.
As a Jamaica living in Barbados, I must say that we all need to look beyond our nationalities and face the issue for what t is. Whether the young lady is telling the truth or not, this incident should be used by both states to take an internal look at its domestic policies and address the various issues with prudence. Issues such as, to what extent are we truly committed to free movement? Is there proper legislation in place to ensure that Immigration officers, Customs Officers, Police and other civil servants do not usurp their powers? I can attest to ill treatment from Barbadians at the airport too, but one could proffer that this is exemplary of immigration officers all over...or not? The point is that we need to train our public personnel to address each other in a cordial manner and to not constantly overstep their boundaries. So my dear friend Mitch, get off the high horse and face reality, there is an underlying problem that we must address, and it has very little to do with Jamaicans backing Jamaicans and Barbadians being Xenophobic...we need to reassess the extent to which we are committed to integration and to earning rather than demanding respect. I am still getting used to a set of people who are extremely abrupt, sometimes rude, somewhat xenophobic and very apprehensive toward Jamaicans yet I am able to view the situation for what it is...trust me you can do it too you just have to try.
Oh please, I have been at the mercy of Jamaican immigration too but so what, I deal with rude Jamaicans but guess what I don't go crazy, and since we are "somewhat xenophobic and very apprehensive toward Jamaicans" your words not mine, maybe your reputation preceeds you. that is not Barbados problem it is Jamaica's. The truth hurts doesn't it.
I am not seeing this article and I am appalled. Are you saying that even if she had committed some crime before that justifies her finger rape. Come on on thing has nothing to do with the other. If she was violated she should be vindicated.