THE responsibility for remigration matters will soon be re-assigned to the Department of Citizenship, Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge said on Wednesday as he appeared before a parliamentary sub-committee. According to the Vice-President, Cabinet will soon take a decision to effect the necessary charges.
He said the Foreign Affairs Ministry had made the recommendation following a series of consultations with the relevant ministries. This change, he said, was also being considered by the previsions administration long before the May 2015 elections.
“Cabinet will announce in due course a decision to formally move the responsibility and the Government will bring to the House a legislation to give effect to that change,” Minister Greenidge assured the sub-committee headed by People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Chief Whip Gail Teixeira.
He said the issue of classifying a migrant is among key issues to be addressed, in addition to the inconsistencies between migrants and settlers.
In recent months, the administration has been making some structural changes in its quest to streamline responsibilities.

Only last week, President Granger announced that a new department of the environment will be created.
This newspaper was reliably informed that Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Raphael Trotman, will remain responsible for the mining, oil and gas sectors, while the Climate Change sector along with related sectors will now fall under the newly established department.
However, President Granger said he will not be persuaded to create more ministries.