Nassau, Bahamas - (Joint Statement from Department of Environmental Health and Department of Immigration)
Acting pursuant to lawful notices
served on residents of an unlawful settlement in the Gamble Heights area
of New Providence, the Department of Environmental Health began this
morning the process of removing the settlement in collaboration with the
Ministry of Works and the Department of Social Services.
The
Department of Immigration was advised that this is an area where
persons suspected of being unlawful migrants live and are therefore in
the presence of the operation in a supporting role.
