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Jamaica Eyes US-Funded MOU to Host Deported Migrants

6/17/2026

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  • Jamaica is negotiating a non-binding MOU with the United States to host deported third-country migrants.
  • Deputy Prime Minister Horace Chang announced on June 16 the draft caps migrants at ten and limits transfers to twenty-five fortnightly, excluding criminal records.
  • The United States will fund all expenses related to the arrangement.
  • Chang said the plan mirrors agreements with Belize, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda and St. Kitts and Nevis and refutes a ten-thousand-person quota.