TCN arrangement not transactional – Chang

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security and Peace, Hon Dr Horace Chang, says that the agreement between Jamaica and the United States to accommodate Third Country Nationals (TCN) in the island is not a transactional arrangement.

“In terms of financing, we have never made it a transactional matter. We have received no funding from the United States; funding goes to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), which has host responsibility for them (TCNs) while they're here and will make arrangements for them to transit to their home country,” he said.

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Chang was responding to questions during Wednesday’s (October 14) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House in St. Andrew.