Are foreign workers taking over JAMAICA? The shocking truth about JAMAICA and IMMIGRATION.
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- Опубліковано 3 лип 2024
- Privilege, perks and bonuses: why are foreigners so successful in Jamaica? Why are the best jobs in Jamaica always given to foreign nationals and not the locals? If the locals are not available, why not hire the members of the Jamaican diaspora then? This is a topic that can get many Jamaicans fuming really fast, because it is common knowledge in Jamaica that foreigners get all this "royal treatment" while the locals struggle to get a good job.
With this video we shall search for the proof and see the scale of what's happening with immigration in Jamaica and why it is happening.
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🔴 CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
02:25 Why are foreigners successful in Jamaica?
06:03 Immigration - the Context
10:48 Immigration in Jamaica
15:48 Illegal Immigrants in Jamaica
19:35 Why do foreigners get top paid jobs in Jamaica?
24:04 Why not recruit the Jamaican Diaspora instead of foreigners?
30:25 Conclusion and Summary
🔴 MAIN REFERENCES:
► REPORT: Migration in Jamaica - a country profile, 2018
International Organization for Migration, the UN Migration Agency
publications.iom.int/books/mi...
► REPORT: World Migration Report, 2022
International Organization for Migration, the UN Migration Agency
publications.iom.int/books/wo...
► REPORT: Economic and Social Survey Jamaica, 2021
Planning Institute of Jamaica
www.pioj.gov.jm/product-categ...
► REPORT: Migrants, Refugees and Societies, 2023
World Bank Group
www.worldbank.org/en/publicat...
► REPORT: Global Wage Report, 2020-21
International Labour Organization
www.ilo.org/global/research/g...
► REPORT: Population and Housing Census, 2011
Statistical Institute of Jamaica
statinja.gov.jm/Census/PopCen...
🔴 JAMAICAN REFERENCE SOURCES:
► STATIN
Statistical Institute of Jamaica
statinja.gov.jm
►PIOJ
Planning Institute of Jamaica
www.pioj.gov.jm
►PICA
Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency
www.pica.gov.jm
►MLSS
Ministry of Labour and Social Security
mlss.gov.jm
►MOJ
Ministry of Justice
laws.moj.gov.jm/
🔴 INTERNATIONAL REFERENCE SOURCES:
► The World Bank
data.worldbank.org
► STATISTA
www.statista.com
► UNITED NATIONS
data.un.org/
🔴 OTHER REFERENCES:
►The Foreign Nationals and Commonwealth Citizens, etc. Act
laws.moj.gov.jm/library/statu...
► Countries with the Highest (and Lowest) Proportion of Immigrants
www.visualcapitalist.com/coun...
► Immigration by Country 2023
worldpopulationreview.com/cou...
► UAE Immigration Statistics
www.globalmediainsight.com/bl...
► Investigation on the situation with immigrants in the UAE
Sample report:
digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/vi...
Sample video:
• The Megacity Secretly ...
► Illegal immigration
USA
www.statista.com/topics/3454/...
CANADA
www.canada.ca/en/immigration-...
UK
www.gov.uk/government/publica...
► "On this business of recruiting foreigners" by Rohan M. Budhai
thehowlersint.com/on-this-bus...
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Remember Jamaica colonize the world with their music, So it backfire to Jamaica.
Absolutely
That's apart of the deals the government sign with investors that plan on doing business in the country. For them to bring in their own workforce I don't think it's right but that's what the people vote for
I think that the Jamaican Government doesn't care about the Jamaican Citizens. They make deals with Foreigners who have no respect for the Jamaican Citizens. They treat them like they are in their Countries. They pay the people peanuts 🥜 and bubble gum money, and expect to get twenty five hours of work out of the people, and we only have twenty four hours in a day. I am definitely blaming the Inept and Incompetent Politicians.
How comes when these same people go to first world Countries, they have to pay the people better money? It's because they look down on Caribbean Islands 🏝 people. Jamaica 🇯🇲, is suffering from good Governance.
Great informative presentation! I am a Jamaican living overseas and I am usually home tow or three times a year. A perfect example for me why I have ZERO issues with a foriegn company like the Chinese doing road construction job is currently what's happening on the road between Port Antonio and Boston. Locals are doing this project and they have totally dug up the road for nearly a year or more with no end in sight of resurfacing it. Sadly, sometimes our work ethic gets in the way of our having more opportunities. The Chinese are about money and finishing a project so they can move on to the next project. Some of our folks are about milking as much money as they can out of the same project. I built a house over 7,000 sq. ft. and it cost me nearly three times the amount of money. Why? Because of dishonest contractors. It explaines why there are so many unfinished houses, because folks have been robbed blind and simply gave up. Thankfully, I had the resources to finish the project after going through three contractors. Later on I found out that the first contractor built a house for his girlfriend and one for himself out of our materials and then was trying to influence the second contractor to do the same, hence why I had to get a third contractor. Sometimes, some of us don't realize that our work ethic dampens our future propect of success. Anyway, great job on the video.
Thank you for sharing this, very insightful, especially about the house construction. We had a similar problem in Ukraine in 1990s - the contractors just kept milking the owners and doing pretty much what you described. This problem in Ukraine was solved after 2004 with the rise of very strong competition among the contractors. I wonder if competition would be able to solve this for Jamaica as well.
No I do not think it will solve anything jamaican are dishonest and badmine so they will bleed you dry because they think that your rich because your from abroad it is very sad but that gentleman was right to sack each contractors
You would the contractors would have a bad reputation which would stop people from doing business with them. In the states we have the better business bureau and customers can leave comments on their website.
Yep. The mindset is mind boggling. They'll undermine and sabotage. Which ensures they don't get future work.
I lived in Boston last year and it’s terrible. We refuse to go back home until they finish that road.
Wow! You did more coverage than the labour department. Jamaica Government need to step up their game
IN 1960 JAMAICA AND SINGAPORE WERE DIRT POOR. WHEN THE QUESTION WAS ASKED, HOW ARE BOTH NATIONS GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL, JAMAICA SAID TOURISM AND NATURAL RESOURCES. SINGAPORE WAS A SWAMP. SINGAPORE SAID WE WILL INVEST IN THE EDUCATION OF OUR PEOPLE. HUMAN CAPITAL. FAST FORWARD 50 YEARS LATER, JAMAICA IS POOR AND SINGAPORE IS VERY WEALTHY AND SUCCESSFUL. HUMAN CAPITAL IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN NATURAL RESOURCES AND TOURISM.
Singapore has a huge Chinese diaspora . The Chinese, Malays and Indians give money to the country. That's like saying Jamaica would be successful if Africans give money to support infrastructure on the island.
@@manovrsb do they give money to the country or do they live there and contribute? Jamaica also get foreign aid from the first world countries. Fact is the leadership of Singapore recognized the need to not just invest in training, education, and housing, but also crime control…unlike…
@faithm2535 not to make it obvious but infrastructure and providing services is what's needed to change the mindset of the people. Educated indians, Malays and Chinese migrate to Singapore blended with already existing demographic population and invest in the infrastructure to advance their nations. Educated and wealthy Africans normally migrate to Europe or the US making it clear they'll avoid Jamaica. Means Jamaica will never get the advancement countries like Singapore experienced.
@@manovrsb the dynamic just doesn’t feel the same for most (not all) of the foreigners who work or own businesses in Jamaica. When the heavy trucks used to transport building supplies to build their hotels and shopping centers damage the roads, I don’t know if they are expected to help fund repairs. When the roads the Chinese built reroute flood waters into communities, I don’t know if the have any accountability.
Yes, I fully believe in the ‘build it and they will come’ idea when it comes to infrastructure and services, but there also a heavy longterm cost to pay if/when the cost is not routing money into the pockets of your own citizens. The US was famous for building roads that sometimes went nowhere, at the time, and dams, etc. BUT they were using it as jobs programs for their unemployed citizens, so the money stayed in the country, and trickled up to build their society. Employed citizens buys homes, cars, send children to college, etc. THAT dynamic can never be realized in a nation that choose to put that type of money in the hands of foreigners instead of their own people. Why not bring in consultants and trainers, and use local laborers instead of contracting it all out to those who will not share their knowledge nor reinvest any of the proceed in the island?
@faithm2535 name one group that has never worked for , eg Lebanon is a poor country but the Lebanese community in Senegal and Brazil are wealthy and well to do . That's due to the Lebanese people/merchants migrating to those communities and investing towards those neighborhoods which made them prosper. Jamaica is mostly afro-descendants , we have a whole continent ignoring us for favorable investments in Europe and the US. It doesn't matter how much first world countries pour into Jamaica , it's not gonna advance the necessary population as the Lebanese did in Senegal/Brazil or the Chinese/Indian/Malays done in Singapore.
For someone who is not a Jamaican I consider your presentation the best ever. You almost sound like the poster girl for Jamaica. The coverage has been insightful in covering the global scene on migration. The last Ukrainian I spoke to, said to me: “no English” and here you are with an impeccable diction and delivery. Well done and all the best to your work. 33:33
I was living and working in Jamaica in the 90s, and I was told that if I wanted better job opportunities, I should go and study abroad. I went to Humber College in Canada, and got a degree in Culinary Management. I returned back home to Jamaica, and could not find a job. After six months, I went to New York and never returned until seven years later. I had a family in the USA which makes very difficult to returned home. I work as a corporate executive chef for one of the largest food companies in the America for seven and half years with a area of 300 square miles. I now work as an executive chef for a smaller company that give me more time to do other things that I've always wanted. I have the knowledge and would like to return home because my children are grown. I've been discussing a few things with my brother whom is still living in Jamaica, and one of the things I applied for is a TRN number which I've done today. Who knows!
I hope it works out for you. The more repatriators that are able to return and network and serve as role models and knowledge sharers, the better for the island.
Please be very careful when doing business with family members but good luck on your future ventures
The NIDS will be coming online soon for whomever
Bro take your skills to Afrika, you’ll be welcomed and you can grow rapidly.
Open your own business there
IRINA, you deserve to be nominated for the OD for contribution to Journalism and cultural cohesion because you are probably the ONLY TRUE journalist left... so many people are on platforms here, there, and everywhere, but too few journalists do some research and present the news without bias. Keep going!
Hi Irie, as a Jamaican living overseas thank you for such a wonderful Eye 👁️👀 opening and informative information reporting. I love it, FYI: CRIME is a factor too. much 💖
And perception of the health system being not great is also a factor…
I am Jamaican and this is the first time I am hearing this myth . I know only about specific situations like when the Chinese are building roads and they bring in over a thousand migrant workers that displaced local workers.
You make great docu videos - kudos!
There is nothing to do in Jamaica, that's why Jamaicans abroad don't as they've been sucked into babylon.... the reason, the rest don't is also their addiction to socital distractions. Humanity has been loosing more anbd more of their mind in my 50 years of observance.
I suspect LARGE changes are in the works which I believe will deliver daily distractions to even the most remote Jamaican settlement regions and destroy the only country with some freedome in it's people.
This was WELL presented and delivered. It spoke a lot to my experience as a FOREIGN NATIONAL in Jamaica. You are speaking pure facts and truth in this video. And it was done with love and to bring awareness that Jamaican work force, preferential IS given to Jamaican Nationals. It is very very challenging for foreigners to transition to residents in Jamaica. I also loved how you talked about the Brain Drain in Jamaica, and the Jamaican Diaspora not wanting to work in Jamaica because it is not equivalent to their salaries in US, Britain or Canada.
lets talk to the foreigners who got rob
The diaspora are reluctant to go back because when they do they get murdered by their own family
That migration from Jamaica is a major cause of family breakdown on the island
it is true and there was actually a full research done on this. I never knew this issue existed and certainly not the scale of it. Most unexpected was to read about the issue of the so-called "barrel babies" - that is when mother leaves a young child with her family members and gets get a job in the US/CA and then keeps sending help back home. I will talk about this in the "brain drain" video.
This is long overdue but I know it’s gonna be one hell of a clip..can’t wait…& big thank you to you @IRIE I got my full citizenship & passport for Jamaica 🇯🇲 all from watching your clip about the power of the Jamaican passport
Congratulations on getting the citizenship and the passport! I hope you've found this video useful as well :)
@@JAMAICAWITHIRIE it was all down to you…so I thank you.can I ask you have a Parton with the surname Rochester is there anyway of getting in touch with her as she may be part of my family blood line. Thank you
IRENA, HELLO,the VERY SAME PROBLEM,exists,in GRAND CAYMAN,jobs are advestised ,but virtually no takers,so foreigners apply,Thelma locals bitch,they are taking their jobs !
Now the BVI,is ALSO having problems,too. Stay well GOD BLESS,,,,,🏴🇬🇧🇯🇲🇯🇲🇮🇨🇮🇨🇺🇸🇺🇸
This foreigner can't wait to be back in Jamaica in November! Attending Throp X conference for those interested in investing or moving to JAMAICA. Can't wait!
I’m So Very Interested 💛💛💛
EXCELLENT work Miss Jamaica with Irie!!! I always enjoy watching your programs. You’re VERY, VERY Intelligent, and we need more people like you to represent us in Jamaica.
This video reminds me of when I used to travel to Jamaica with my family several times a year. The children loved it. Especially, chasing the baby animal and waking up early to go out with their grandfather to feed the animals. They are all professionals now and give back to Jamaica in many ways. Bless up to you and your family.
It’s not how many are in Jamaica, it’s how much influence this very small percent have in Jamaica.
This is a Michael Manley type presentation. I don't think that I have ever seen a topic go so in-depth. It's like you took this one personal.
Good info! Glad you're back. You're info is so helpful
Your explanation makes so much sense. Thank you!
Excellent reporting, Irina!!
Thanks for the info.
Thank you for this research! Your video was so informative! 💕💕
Loved this Vid, as usual the information was very eye opening.
biggup yourself for the journalism everytime 🙏🏾. please don’t ever change the music you play when you are closing out an episode as it is absolutely jamaican-ly beautiful. i’m a bit biased when i hear it as it remind me of my dad, may his soul rest in peace🕊️
Your ability to analyze research and provide keen insights is inspiring and very knowledgeable, while being entertaining at the same time. I learned much about Jamaica from you even though I was born and grew up there. I am now living in Canada and you have made me more interested in Jamaica through your channel. You provide we’ll need insights and information about this country. Great work as usual. Your channel is well needed and is greatly appreciated by me. Thank you. Awesome!
She is a great example of the value of a good education, work experience, and passion, and openness ( code word for not having or displaying obvious racial superiority :))
@@islandgirl8914 why are you spreading propaganda, if Jamaica is not to your liking anymore leave the country, there are still thousands of people who live in Jamaica very comfortable, there are 14 parishes in Jamaica, and you are implying that you have lived in all 14 so that you know that crime has taken over all 14 parishes, I believe Jamaica is still a free country, and won't stop you from leaving if that is your choice.
Well said.
@@islandgirl8914You are the typical Jamaicans, Non Jamaicans talks about and laughed at, because they asked if it is the Jamaicans mindset, why they never see good in their country and always only have negative things to say about Jamaica. People from other countries always say Jamaicans are the only nationality they hear at all time bashing their country and all countries have there problems, no countries is perfect. But uneducated people is also dangerous to the Islands of Jamaica, just as crimes and violence. Because they don't read or listen to understand, they loves lawlessness, they don't like changes, they never appreciate anything, they are not grateful, they only complaint, have no respect, for people, or laws or rules.
Facts! She is superb! Laage up yuhself Irina, yuh ting tall🇯🇲❤️💯👍
Well done Irena. Excellent video.
Thank you very much Irena for this clear and precise video.
Great video thanks really informative ❤
very informative as usual I love the way u rep for ja. always .....thank u
Excellent work, very Educational.
Thank you, once again Irena. You have been enlightening. BTW, I love your theme music.
I really enjoyed this video. Very informative and insightful. I was pleasantly surprised by her statistics.
thanks for the info
Awesone information I definitely learned new important things about my country today
Great content for us all.
Great content. I really appreciate your insight , research and love for Jamaica
I am so thankful for the info you have so generously blessed us with,I truly enjoy your videos. Please continue to do them.
quality content! This channel is hilariously underrated.
I live for your content Irie girl. Spectacular and eye opening as per usual. Watching the farm one now🙂
I want to in on the next video, thank you very much for this enlightenment love❤ you keep on giving us knowledgeable information my lady thanks much.
I always love your content - so well researched and presented. I always learn something new. This was brilliantly done. Thanks for all your amazing work.
Wow my first irie premiere
Very good points!!!
Great content as usual, your research are amazing. I am a Jamaican living in Canada with a high school education, I would love to live in Jamaica, but the money I make in Canada at this point in time I know with my education and skill as a truck driver wouldn’t be possible, I probably would be making just above minimum wage.
For that reason even though I know for a work life balance and a piece of mine I probably would be betteroff. I just can’t see myself going back there to live permanently until it’s time for me to retire, again love your content and great topic.
I want Jamaica to be a place where retirees can feel safe to return an live, BUT some persons have to be willing to go and live there to build such a society. If everyone wants to reap, who is supposed to sow?
Thanks again Irene, for another well researched & exquisitely delivered documentary about my country. Your insightfulness & labour of love are highly appreciated. Keep up this outstanding work. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾😍
Very interesting,thank you.
Great analysis. Keep up the great work. As a member of the Diaspora, I look forward to your content.
Hello Irie, very interesting information
Thank you for that information
So good to see yuh doin well and uploading been long time
Wow! You are good, love everything you do. Keep up the good work 👏
I'm really impressed with your presentation very exciting, never wanted to stop lessening thanks
It would be an understatement to say your content as usual is informative, insightful and enlightening; which opens one knowledge to awareness that leaves one more informed than where one might have left off from your last video. Thenk you for your due-dilligence in fact finding and your brilliant presentation to viewers like me! ❤One love as always 💕
Rather informative and well researched,therefore convincing conclusion. Thanks for a well investigated subject. Great job!!
Great research
I love your contents Irina. Keep up your good work. And I may be late but, welcome to Jamaica.
Very well done. It also highlights for me how public opinion and what I see on the surface can really skew the truth of what actually is. Thank you.
Hitting the Nail right on the head regarding why the Jamaican Diaspora are difficult to recruit regarding the SALARY. I will confess, I am one of them. I would LOVE to Live in Jamaica again....but not until I RETIRE. I just will NOT make the "money" I do now as an Automotive Engineer in Jamaica, as I do in the USA. And given my FAMILY Life, the "Opportunity" is not there. But I do hope to move back after I retire (or at least for half the time...and go back and forth). In the meantime, I will just continue to visit as often as I can for a couple weeks at a time
Your case is a difficult one, because not only you're highly skilled professional, but you're also skilled in the industry that doesn't exist in Jamaica, so even if a company was ready to pay you the same $ you are earning in the USA, there wouldn't be a job position in Jamaica for you. It's like being a professional in making snow removal equipment and try to find a job in Jamaica - not going to work :)))
@@JAMAICAWITHIRIE , Thanks Irina. Very true....though, as a "Mechanical Engineer" by training, I could work in other Industries other than Automotive. But I'm not sure those Engineering Positions are "easily available" in Jamaica; and I can't see me making the Salary I do as a "simple Engineer". So, I would have to look at a "Management" position; and I do NOT want to be in Management (anymore).
Ironically, prior to getting remarried and having a son (at 49 years old), I was planning to retire at 60, and move back to Jamaica. I wouldn't need a "job", but I would try to get one in the Hotel Industry as a Bartender...I just LOVE that interaction (way above & beyond Friendliness & Service no matter where I stayed) they have with us Visitors (Foreign or Local) whenever I go; and I KNOW that would be something I would LOVE to do...that was my "goal" anyway about 10-years ago....LOL....But then I realized I would probably be "taking food out of the mouth" of someone who would NEED that job; so I scrapped that "goal", and settled for simply being able to move back HOME someday.
I feel the same way. However, due to my line of work ( US tax) I need to be at retirement age. My plans is to retire in Jamaica for sure
As a successful engineer seems like you are well trained to be an employee, why not challenge your self and apply you academic qualification and starting your own business in Jamaica and become an employee
@@JAMAICAWITHIRIEThe Ja govt and educational institutions need to be forward thinking and hire some of these technicians to be educators to train workers to take advantage of better technology…such as transitioning to electric vehicles versus oil dependent ones in a country that cant function without imported gas.
Nice one fam, big up!
Hi Irina, enjoy all your blogs. Interesting and informative. Also, I have noticed that you seem to be looking younger as time goes by. Thank you for loving my country.
Thank you for sharing I am so happy to know all this. Keep doing what you are doing for my Jamaican people am in the USA but from Jamaica from Hanover
Good morning Irina. Let me preface this by saying I am born Jamaican. My completed level is education is high school. Two years of college but dropped out. I have no journalistic experience to follow through with your laborious efforts displayed here. However, this is my take on the matter. It was my parent's foresight that Jamaica couldn’t provide the opportunity necessary to provide a better life than they had. Some 40 years ago, my siblings and I landed in America. Amid the crack era, we traded one hell for another. While Jamdown was undergoing its political upheaval. (Seaga vs. Manley for reference) my siblings and I had to start from zero during my time here. What became apparent was how organizations cared for the people who were “fresh off the boat,” so to speak. Asians who could barely speak English were running a business; the Jewish community has always done well and continue to do so; the middle easterners created commerce within their community, as did many others who formed organizations/ associations. Yardies don’t trust the system they live in, and connections and nepotism often limit it. I don’t have to tell you. Most of the government is not an open book. How in the interest of progress and productivity. A Website seemly like LinkedIn would serve Jamaicans well.
As in those are the jobs available, these are the viable candidates; these people applied, these people refused the job, the time window of the opportunity closed, and the job was outsourced or offered to foreign nationals. Jamaica does operate under the assumption of paying it forward, which hinders our growth. The contracts that are signed between the Jamaican government and the Chinese authorities often come with conditions the general public is not privy to review. Alas, many of our issues are cultural. Solvable! It simply lacks a concerted effort outside of government influence. Jamaican are vaguely aware of the role of government, and it’s not their job to save us but serve us in a capacity that pushes the entire country forward.🧏🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤑💰🤫🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Irene, thank you for your informative videos on Jamaican. Stay blessed Jamaican poster girl. ♥️💪🇯🇲
It's a struggle but I well never give up and I will make it here in Jamaica 🇯🇲. I'm going to keep pushing.
@zinaandrews8747 You are a very patriotic Jamaican who care about your country more than money. That is wonderful to know! I am sure that you will make it in Jamaica like the majority of the Jamaican people. I have many young family members who are very successful in Jamaica, who own their own homes, cars, land, etc. I can tell you that "things are not always as they seem" because many of the people who are living 'abroad' are earning minimum wage and can barely make ends meet. Rent in America is EXTREMELY high and a one bedroom apartment in say New York can cost upwards of $3000.00 per month and in Toronto about $2500.00 per month. That does not include internet/cable/phone, transportation, food, clothing, etc. Many of the Jamaicans living 'abroad' will work the most menial of jobs which they will NEVER do in Jamaica. Many cannot afford to buy a plane ticket to travel to Jamaica. Oftentimes it is because of their pride and embarrassment why they do not return home to Jamaica and prefer to PRETEND as if things are great. They pretend as if there is no racism, favoritism, and outright ostracism in 'foreign' and they adhere to all the rules and regulations in foreign countries. Yet, they want high end jobs and criticize everything Jamaican. Sometimes I wonder if Nanny, Paul Bogle, Cudjoe, George William Gordon, and all of the patriots who fought for our freedom, are not turning in their Graves wondering why they bled and died for people who are only interested in money and material and not for the betterment of their own country.
Yes....sometimes u just have to fight to make it right ND not run its struggles everywhere but u fight....❤
@@mdl9096 Thank you so much for the encouragement. I moved to Jamaica 🇯🇲 2 years ago. My husband wanted so badly to come to the States. I keep telling him it's not what you think. So I move here. We bought a house and we're trying to open a few businesses but it's a very slow process. I'm currently looking for employment. We're out of funds but Jah always makes a way for us. We will continue to keep pushing. Terrible things are happening in the States and I don't feel like it's my home anymore. May peace and blessings be with you and your family
Great research and data, I really like that as it makes sense. Could you also make a video on employment agencies which hire international talent ( multilingual) in Jamaica please.
Your content is always well researched and presented with much enthusiasm ☀️
Thanks Irina we miss you ❤🇨🇦
Excellent video.
Very informative
Real talk.
Your presentation is impressive and impeccable. Blessings and more life. Jamaica just needs to get better for all its citizens and all others who are in love with our BEAUTIFUL ISLAND🇯🇲❤️💯👍
Awesome analysis, thank you Irie. This should be a ‘credit course’; well done!! Clears up a lot of misconceptions. I am thinking of returning to retire after many years away in Canada. I am just beginning to research the real estate etc. Hopefully its doable.
Just made the move earlier this month to retire in Jamaica, and we really enjoy your content and information!
Good luck. Hope to achieve that too
Blazingly informational video with a deep dive to the data and the "big picture". Actually I would call this to a "mini tutorial" about immigration in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean region. As a Finnish data scientist I also really liked your data visualizations: bar graphs, tables, etc. Once again, an outstanding video, highly appreciated!
Great presentation
Thanks Irie great information I just shared it love you girlfriend ❤️
Irina welcome back to UA-cam and I was wondering where you were. Love your presentations. Greetings from James J in Limerick city , Ireland 🇮🇪.
You are right regarding foreigners who want to give up salary to live in the caribbean, I am from the Netherlands and dream of living in Jamaica. We came already 10 times and next holliday is in December, wonderfull island.
Very good vlog and love to follow you.
Love it! It's about time we have someone to provide and present facts rather than uneducated opinions, pushed out as truth.
Data is data, and facts are facts, which is irrefutable.
You can still send data by fax..and that's a fact.
@lawrencedavidson6195 Sorry, auto correct sometimes suck. Thanks for the subtle correction. It allowed me to read over my comments and see other corrections needed.
Very interesting information, thank you Irina ❤
Great video
Love it
Excellent work Irena 👍 keep up the great work love your videos New Sub from Toronto Canada
Very interesting and informative video. I wouldn't mind being the 1% of the immigrant workforce. I'd love to relocate to Jamaica.
I plan on it for sure. I love Jamaica. I think I can do it in 5 years.
I remember my parents saying, Jamaican best exports , is human resources.
Missing your travel and food vlogs so much.I want to see your exploring of hidden jems of Jamaica 😢
one such video is coming up today! Well, it's about a farm, but lots of beautiful Jamaica footage :)
Good work miss irie long time i dont see you
Very insightful. Thank you.
Great content and information, I love in Jamaica 10 yrs ago I'm married to a Jamaican, I did notice that the Chinese were doing some of the road projects, but overall it was pretty rare to run into a foreigner, although I thought the percentage would of been higher, we are planning to retire in Jamaica in three years time, love all your content it's always balance, keep up the great work 🇦🇺🦘🇯🇲
Perhaps you don’t run into them because they isolate themselves in their own enclaves and mainly associates with others of their own or similar group and culture.
@@faithm2535 which is why I laugh when people claim they want to take over Jamaica. They are not of western blood. They don't desire servants. Just as you said - in ANY country they live in - they stick to themselves... They don't like to mix up because they don't like "mix up"
@@faithm2535I agree. They mainly live in gated communities
@@mooreflava live in gated communities and probably doesn’t involve themselves in any community activities and associations.
Very interesting.
Thanks as always for doing the research Irina. As a Jamaican living in the diaspora I appreciate your love for and interest in our country. Blessings!
Thanks for your great work Irie
Irina thank you for highlighting and sharing such interesting topics on Jamaica.
More blessing irie. Thank for the video 📹.
Great seeing you on my Home Screen. Well presented and researched as always
❤ great job nuff respect what i see you doing and saying love your chanels ❤ im new subscriber im a Jamaican and love your proffectional insight regards jamaica and everything involves jamaicans and tourist from around the world, i love Ukrainians and appreciate all what you doing in Jamaica... Watching from Canada
Great information!! Knowledge is power!! Thanks Irina
You were a Jamaican before. You just didn't know it until now and you are one of the best so keep up the good work that you are doing ❤❤❤
Welcome back Irie. Thanks for another of your informative and interesting vlog. Take care of yourself.