WEBINAR 1: US Deportations and Their Impact on the Caribbean

This inaugural webinar, hosted in partnership with the Caribbean Policy Consortium (CPC), launched the DWB-CARICOM series following an agreement with CARICOM leadership at the UN General Assembly…

Panelists: Ms. Roberta Clarke (DWB, Inter-American Human Rights Commission), Dr. Natalie Dietrich-Jones (UWI, Jamaica), Prof. Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith (CPC, CSIS). Moderator: Dr. Jessica Byron-Reid (UWI, CPC).

Topics included: US executive orders on immigration, deportation statistics (over 97,000 Caribbean nationals identified for removal, including 42,000 from CARICOM), regional preparedness, reintegration challenges, legal protections, economic…

Outcomes: 100+ participants from government, academia, and civil society; catalyzed regional migration diplomacy; informed CARICOM summit preparations; and established a framework for regional cooperation on deportation challenges.