Immigration detention centre to be built in VI- Premier Wheatley
According to Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), monies for the facility will be allocated in the 2023 budget.
Speaking during a press conference on August 26, 2022, Premier Wheatley said moves are being made to tighten security at the makeshift detention facility at Castle Maria; however, “in the medium term we are quickly moving towards building a detention centre.”
Site visit
Premier Wheatley added that a site visit was recently done and “we will be quickly moving towards doing the survey work which is required to be able to advance that as well as getting designs done on an urgent basis and we are right now allocating the resources needed to be able to build that, in the 2023 budget.”
Asked where the detention centre will be built, Premier Wheatley told our newsroom, “I would prefer for the site to be confirmed.”
See related article: ‘We have sought to increase security @ Castle Maria’- Premier Wheatley
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27 Responses to “Immigration detention centre to be built in VI- Premier Wheatley”
Expect the Opposition to oppose this brilliant idea, too.
This is the main reason why they are called, and are he opposition. They see good a good idea as not needed, and their bad ones as good, even though they know better.
Fear not Premier. Press ahead.
Sick to my stomach!!
Using money to house illegals are a burden to society and the government purse. Do not do it!
The Prison is overloaded overcrowded and unsafe. It's population consists of 99.9% of nonBVIslanders, immigrants,and or their sons and daughters. Policing and day to day activities conducted by the same set of imports.
Empty up the prison,make room and house the illegal entrants in Balsum... Transact with the UK to house the egregious non BVIlanders in addition to have the origin countries of some prisoners do their time there...suspend the visas and human imports from the repeated offending countries ....it will never be enough detention Center and prisons we could build to house these typical and predictable offenders...use the much needed funds for the betterment of our people. Rethink the choice of immigrants and countries.
We and the future deserve better .
And while I'm at it - don't we have schools to build and roads to fix and sewerage problems to deal with? Shouldn't those be a priority? Or are you just spewing piddle to create smoke and mirrors and make it look like you are taking action to fix the detainee problem?
Steups!!