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Last Updated: Feb 13, 2017 - 1:45:37 AM |
Officials of the Statistics Department and the Department of Immigration are pictured at a press conference to announce the 2015 Immigration Statistics Report giving data on work permits issued that year, at the Department of Statistics, August 19, 2016. Pictured from left: Grade 1 Immigration Officer Darren Deveaux; Grade 1 Immigration Officer Ashton Greenslade; Director of Immigration William Pratt; Acting Director of Statistics Leona Wilson; Deputy Director of Statistics Carmen Dawkins; Statistician Sherwanda Culmer. (BIS Photo/Derek Smith)
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NASSAU, The Bahamas – The Department of Statistics announced its 2015 Immigration Report, giving data on work permits issued in The Bahamas that year, at a press conference at its offices, August 19, 2016.
The department stated:
In 2015, by Occupation, a total of 9,208 work permits were issued, of which 67 percent were to males and 33 percent to females.
Forty-four percent of the work permits were granted to workers in the Elementary Occupational group, of which 65 percent of this group were Haitians.
Ten percent of the totals issued were to Skilled Agricultural, Forestry, and Fishery workers of which 80 percent were Haitians.
Professionals, Science and Engineering Specialists comprised 10 percent of the total work permits, of which 15 percent of the group were Americans and 15 percent, Jamaicans.
The smallest number of work permits granted, 0.2 percent, was in the Plant & Machine Operators and Assemblers category.
By Industry category – the industry that received the majority of work permits in 2015 was the Accommodation and Food Service Activities Industry (Hotel) with 12 percent of the work permits granted, of which 80 percent of the group were males. This was followed by the Construction Industry, with seven percent of the total permits issued, of which 96 percent of the group were males. And third, the Manufacturing Industry, which accounted for five percent of the total work permits for 2015, of which 97 percent of the group were males.
By Nationality, the majority of the work permits 3,360 or 36% were issued to Haitians; followed by Jamaicans with 1,075 or 11% of the permits issued; and Philippine nationals received 1,033 or 11% of the permits issued.
More detailed information is available on the Department of Statistics Website: www.bahamas.gov.bs/statistics
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