With the serious socio-political crisis in Haiti, the chances for the Government of Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley to lift the visa requirement for Haitians, reinstated in July 2019 due to a very large flow of Haitians from Haiti, Panama and Chile who arrived on the island https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-28238-haiti-flash-barbados-reinstates-mandatory-visa-for-haitians.html are small indicated the Ambassador of Barbados to the CARICOM, David Comissiong

David Comissiong lamented the impossibility of having a meeting with the Haitian Government to discuss the conditions to be met to consider lifting travel restrictions for Haitians wanting to travel to Barbados, adding "Suntil we can get some political stability in Haiti, where the Government is not being contested in such an extreme way, it would be difficult to sit and discuss the way forward for our relationship, which includes entry requirements [of Haitian nationals] [...] "

Recall that shortly after taking office in May 2018, the Mia Mottley administration claimed that applying for entry visas to Haitians was an injustice and went against the Treaty of Chaguaramas and it had then abolished the visa required for Haitians https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-24722-haiti-flash-barbados-abolished-visas-for-haitians.html

Following this decision, Comissiong had expressed its fear by pointing out that the abolition of visas was not proceeding as expected, more and more Haitians came to Barbados thinking they had the right to reside and work there. Fearing that more Haitians would become a burden on the State, Barbados created an exemption clause in the treaty and reimposed visas as a temporary measure (July 2019) to end the uncontrolled arrival of Haitians.

Despite this, Ambassador David Comissiong reiterated to CARICOM that Barbados had not abandoned the goal of facilitating free movement between the two CARICOM countries. "We know that we owe a great debt to Haiti and every black person should want to do what they can to help Haiti out of the quagmire that they are in. But, we have to first find that way to get political stability. Once there is a stable government that we can sit and talk with, then we can gradually work through the problems that we have. I would love to see inward migration from Haiti to Barbados [...]"

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-28238-haiti-flash-barbados-reinstates-mandatory-visa-for-haitians.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-24722-haiti-flash-barbados-abolished-visas-for-haitians.html

SL/ HaitiLibre