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Immigration to Jamaica is the responsibility of the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), an agency of the Government of Jamaica. [1] By the late 2010s emigration continued to be greatly in excess of immigration.
Charles Town, Jamaica, was established in the 1750s, after the destruction of Crawford's Town. Most of its new inhabitants were the supporters of Ned Crawford, who made up the majority of the Maroons in Crawford's Town. Scott's Hall, Jamaica, was a minor Maroon town that predated the destruction of Crawford's Town. In the 1750s, the supporters ...
In 1694, Jamaica came under attack by the French, led by Admiral Jean-Baptiste du Casse.The French far outnumbered their opponents, but were eventually turned back, after losing hundreds of men in the conflict; they were successful in damaging or destroying many sugar estates and plantations on Jamaica, however.
Edward Seaga, former Prime Minister of Jamaica [3] Maria Ziadie-Haddad, airline pilots; Ronnie Nasralla, sportsman, record producer, artist promoter, band manager; Eli Matalon, businessman, politician and former Mayor of Kingston; Abraham Elias Issa, businessman, hotelier and the first President of the Jamaica Tourist Board
People who escaped from slavery during the Spanish occupation of the island of Jamaica fled to the interior and joined the Taíno living there, forming refugee communities. Later, many of them gained freedom during the confusion surrounding the 1655 English Invasion of Jamaica. [56]
The Jewish arrival in New Amsterdam of September 1654 was the first organized Jewish migration to North America. It comprised 23 Sephardi Jews, refugees "big and little" of families fleeing persecution by the Portuguese Inquisition after the conquest of Dutch Brazil.
There was a flow of French refugees to Jamaica after the Haitian Revolution, though not all remained in the country. In the 1830s, over 1,000 Germans immigrated to Jamaica to work on Lord Seaford's estate. The 1844 census showed a white population of 15,776 out of a total population of 377,433 (around 4%). [12]
Human rights in Jamaica is an ongoing process of development that has to consider the realities of high poverty levels, high violence, fluctuating economic conditions, and poor representation for citizens. Jamaica is a constitutional parliamentary democracy.