Ja­maica has signed a Mem­o­ran­dum of Un­der­stand­ing (MOU) with the Unit­ed States that will al­low third-coun­try na­tion­als (TC­Ns) trans­ferred from the US to tran­sit through the is­land on their way to a fi­nal des­ti­na­tion, in­clud­ing their home coun­tries.

Deputy Prime Min­is­ter and Min­is­ter of Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty and Peace, Dr Ho­race Chang, said the agree­ment re­ceived Cab­i­net ap­proval and was signed on June 10 fol­low­ing ne­go­ti­a­tions in­volv­ing the Min­istries of For­eign Af­fairs and For­eign Trade and Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty and Peace, the Of­fice of the Prime Min­is­ter and the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al’s Cham­bers.

Speak­ing at a post-Cab­i­net press brief­ing on Wednes­day, Chang said the arrange­ment does not pro­vide for in­di­vid­u­als to be set­tled per­ma­nent­ly in Ja­maica.