Decline in returning residents

[evanovitch]

Jamaica has been recording a steady decline in the number of returning residents over the past five years.
The latest Economic and Social Survey of Jamaica, released Tuesday, shows the number of returning residents fell from 1,134 in 2010 to 762 last year.
However, the data published by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) show more Commonwealth and non-Commonwealth persons are moving here.
Just under 3,500 commonwealth citizens moved to Jamaica in 2010 compared with 3,507 last year.
There was a significant jump in the number of non-commonwealth citizens relocating to the island.
In 2010, the figure stood at 1, 275 but moved to 8,174 last year.
The number of deportees declined from 2,800 in 2010 to just under 2,000 in 2014.

[blugiant]

it a shame dat wen jamaicans return to jamaica dem affii fear criminals and dem own relatives.

[Xavier]

I am lost with the more Common Wealth and non-Common Wealth statement. Seems to be contradictory. Can someone explain?

No surprised at the decline as many of the people I encounter less of them are willing to move back home...

[Tuff Gong]

I am lost with the more Common Wealth and non-Common Wealth statement. Seems to be contradictory. Can someone explain?

Citizens of Commonwealth and non-Commonwealth countries......seems self-explanatory?

[evanovitch]

The non-commonwealth a dem Yankee who a look dem island paradise , the bamboo grove....plus the ones from Latin n South America, Russia n other nations dat don't have the Queen as their titular head...btw, is India part of the Commonwealth...funny how at the moment mi cannot recall

[RichD]

was speaking to somebody the other day and they commented on how all these foreigners can go live in Jamaica and we as jamaicans afraid to go back .

[Peasie]

Who are these foreigners? Harbor Chinese? Colombians? Spaniards?

[blugiant]

was speaking to somebody the other day and they commented on how all these foreigners can go live in Jamaica and we as jamaicans afraid to go back .

maybe dese foeigners ave more money dan jamaicans ann crime affect poorer peeps more

plus dem nuh ave fe deal widd parasitic relatives

[j-kid]

Dat is ah Key point. Plus moas fareigners inna gated community, an move around in cars, whereas many birth Jcans will move around by public transportation?

plus dem nuh ave fe deal widd parasitic relatives

[evanovitch]

Dat is ah Key point. Plus moas fareigners inna gated community, an move around in cars, whereas many birth Jcans will move around by public transportation?

Lets be clear...naff foreigners who set up a yaad get dem bruises from who dem run go dung den fah...dem juss no broadcast it... After all , if u me know u bed u lie in it...true, u mek a couple runs come weh u did left , fi recharge di bank, but di pull wateva it is draw dem back

n frankly, it is easy to b a big fish in a small pond....it no tek nutten fi set n gwane gwanie a yaad...after all, di sand deh deh arreddy n u done know di proverb bout sand n foundation.....an accents speak louder dan words....

[My Looh]

... plus dem nuh ave fe deal widd parasitic relatives

Thats why I'm done with JA.

I expect strangers to hold out their hand to me but when your own blood expect gifts, mi done!

When I visit now I just phone when I am waiting to depart. I tell them sorry I missed them this trip, "maybe next time".

[Tuff Gong]

was speaking to somebody the other day and they commented on how all these foreigners can go live in Jamaica and we as jamaicans afraid to go back .

The fear is real, not imaginary and cuts a wide swath rich, poor, involved, uninvolved.