Skerrit Finalises a 28-Per-Year US Migrant Transfer Arrangement — and Frames It as Sovereignty Defended, Not Sovereignty Surrendered

Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit confirmed this week that Dominica is finalising an agreement with the United States to receive a strictly limited number of third-country migrants who cannot be returned to their home countries — seven persons per quarter, a maximum of twenty-eight per year, operationally managed by the International Organization for Migration. Skerrit’s framing in a Roseau news conference was direct: small numbers, full Dominican veto on any individual case, no surrender of sovereignty.

Skerrit Pins Fuel Hikes on the Strait of Hormuz — and Dominica's Geothermal Bet Suddenly Reads Differently

Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit told Dominicans this week what every Caribbean head of government is having to tell their citizens this month: the fuel hike at the pump has very little to do with anything happening on this island, and everything to do with shipping lanes thousands of miles away.

Brent crude settled above $114 per barrel earlier in May, the highest 2026 close to date, after Washington launched a new operation aimed at restoring tanker flow through the Strait of Hormuz. West Texas Intermediate followed. Every importer of refined product in the hemisphere is now passing those increases on to retail. There is no Caribbean energy ministry with the leverage to insulate its consumers from that shock — not the way the math currently works, not without a level of public subsidy nobody’s treasury can sustain.

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Skerrit Finalises a 28-Per-Year US Migrant Transfer Arrangement — and Frames It as Sovereignty Defended, Not Sovereignty Surrendered

Skerrit Pins Fuel Hikes on the Strait of Hormuz — and Dominica's Geothermal Bet Suddenly Reads Differently