IN JAMAICA: Trinis turn to Shanique Myrie for help........says she has been contacted by Trinidadian friends who have voiced their disgust at the actions of that country's immigration officers.

SHANIQUE Myrie, the poster girl of free travel through the Caribbean Community, says she has been contacted by Trinidadian friends who have voiced their disgust at the actions of that country's immigration officers.

Myrie, who was recently awarded damages against Barbados in the Caribbean Court of Justice, says some Trinidadians are not in agreement with the unfair treatment being meted out to Jamaicans.

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"I have friends who live in Trinidad and they are calling on Jamaicans not to blame the Trinidadian people. It is the actions of the immigration officers. They asked me to tell the people of Jamaica that they love us," Myrie told the Jamaica Observer. Last week 13 Jamaicans, including an 11-year-old child, were denied entry into the twin island, forced to sit on a hard bench for an entire night and sent back to Jamaica the next morning.

The treatment of the Jamaicans have elicited calls for consumers to boycott goods from the twin island and a movement has already started on the social media Facebook. Read more: