The Caricom Chairman, the Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, hopes the Trump administration’s new immigration policy allows migrants to return to their native country in a dignified manner.

President Trump has cracked down on illegal immigrants since returning to the White House for a second term and his Immigration and Customs Enforcement teams have carried out several raids and deported hundreds of people using military planes.

Speaking with reporters at State House following the presentation of the Pride of Barbados Awards to residents of St. Lucy Miss Mottley stressed that every sovereign state reserves the right to carry out policy to protect its interests.

But she has asked the Foreign Affairs Ministry to ensure that the repatriation exercise for Barbadians is done decently.

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley