| Excerpt | The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade, and Immigration has taken the position to set in place the structure to continue managing migration for the socio-economic development and national security of Belize via laying the groundwork for the development of Belize’s first Migration Policy. Over the past year the government of Belize has implemented several programs in terms of the management of migration via our three technical departments. These include the from the Department of Border Management and Immigration Services the Migrant Worker Protocol January 2021, the COVID-19 Visa Extension Amnesty October to December 2021, the Immigration related operations with the Anti Trafficking in Persons Council, and the legislation on visa requirements for Venezuela, Ecuador, Dominican Republic. Furthermore, from the Refugee Department a project with UNHCR focused on enhancing the technical capacity of the Refugee Department… |
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