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Date: 12:50 03/24 2010

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Wednesday, 24 March 2010

Haitians arriving in Portland (Everard Owen)

There are doubts concerning how long the Jamaican government will be able to adequately provide for a group of more than 60 Haitians who landed on the country's shores on Tuesday.

Daryl Vaz, Information Minister, says the government has so far used some of the funds donated to the Haiti Relief Fund effort to provide immediate assistance to the group of refugees.

He is however expressing doubt about how long the funds will sustain the aid effort.

"Based on the fact that they are now here, we're looking at how to we're going to use those funds and how long those funds can sustain us without it being a burden of the Jamaican taxpayers. Jamaica at this time does not have the ability to sustain the Haitians here for any extended period of time," he said.

The Haitians who arrived by boat in Manchioneal and Fairy Hill in Portland Tuesday morning were assisted by residents, the Red Cross and the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM).

Daryl Vaz, Information Minister.

Security for J'cans & Haitians

In the meantime, Mr. Vaz has sought to reassure the nation that every precaution is being taken in regard to security to ensure the protection of the Haitians as well as the Jamaican people.

"Both the military and the police were on alert in terms of expecting them based on the fact that we don't know who these people are based on the aftermath of the earthquake and the fact that all the prisons were damaged. We have to be very careful that they are under the full control of the authorities here so that there is no chance for them to interfere with the Jamaican people if in fact they have criminal backgrounds," Mr. Vaz said.

He is to a press conference on Thursday to give the country a comprehensive update on the status of the Haitians.

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