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March 21st, 2026
Migration is hot button

By Dickson C. Igwe

In the UK, the Reform Party, a right of center political party and movement, has ascended the ladder of power due to a very poor and even thoughtless UK migration policy.

March 14th, 2026
The migration conundrum

By Dickson C. Igwe

A well-known political commentator has asserted that population control policy in the Virgin Islands is poor. He is correct.

March 7th, 2026
Migration in the Virgin Islands

By Dickson C. Igwe

The backlash over mass migration has driven anger in the US and Europe driving up populism and far right parties.

February 28th, 2026
A Virgin Islands Migration Story- Part 1

By Dickson C. Igwe

The UK and Nigeria are models of poor migration policy. Nigeria serves as the model for why migrants flee their countries.

July 24th, 2025
Sheep head & Goat head not the same

Thomas C. Famous

A Caribbean phrase often repeated by the elders when some things which may look similar, but are definitively not the same.

January 29th, 2025
VI told to brace for Trump-Era fallout

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI— Former government consultant Pastor Claude O. Skelton-Cline has issued a stark warning to the Virgin Islands, urging authorities and residents to prepare for the inevitable consequences of US President Donald J. Trump’s policies.

September 2nd, 2024
High migration, child poverty & crime threaten future of USVI

VI CONSORTIUM

FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- “If there were ever a moment for us to stop and pivot, this is the moment.” That was the warning from Deanna James, president of the St. Croix Foundation, who recently apprised lawmakers of findings from the 2023 Kids Count Data Book.‌

May 31st, 2022
Stockholm Syndrome in the Virgin Islands

Thomas C. Famous

Stock·holm syn·drome

noun

"feelings of trust or affection felt in many cases of kidnapping or hostage-taking by a victim toward a captor."

August 24th, 2013
Virgin Islands Migration: the woes, abuses, and solutions

By Dickson Igwe

Four stories in the Virgin Islands national press of July 2013 spoke profoundly to a major issue. The narratives were all linked to the combustible topic of migration. This twin narrative attempts to sew these stories together into a single opinion piece.

March 23rd, 2013
The end of citizenship through stay in the Virgin Islands

By Dickson Igwe

This second of three stories on migration into the Virgin Islands states that the end of residency, citizenship, and belonger status, through length of stay, is on the horizon. This narrative begins by alluding to the debut of a wonderful stage performance of Virgin Islands art and culture.

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