LISTEN: Antigua and Barbuda Confident in Its Leadership Role on Free Movement
Antigua and Barbuda has no immediate plans to join the new four-country free movement arrangement that took effect across parts of the Caribbean last week, and Prime Minister Gaston Browne says that’s a deliberate decision, rooted in strength, not hesitation.
The Prime Minister emphasized that Antigua and Barbuda remains one of the region’s strongest advocates and practitioners of free movement within the Caribbean, particularly through its active participation in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).
The new initiative, which took effect on October 1, allows citizens of Barbados, Belize, Dominica, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines to live and work in each other’s countries indefinitely without the need for a work permit or CARICOM Skills Certificate.
It represents a bold step forward under the Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME) framework, designed to deepen regional integration and remove barriers to the free movement of labour, goods, and services.
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