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.

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