Free Movement in the Caribbean: Economic and Security Dimensions
The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and Caribbean Community (CARICOM) regimes for free movement of persons and their implementation fundamentally shape how people are moving throughout the Caribbean. This report, in responding to needs expressed by Caribbean States, identifies opportunities for capacity-building and partnership to improve harmonization, data collection, and regional cooperation. It examines the economic and security dimensions of free movement of people in the Caribbean region, combining a theoretical analysis of the impact of free mobility with empirical findings. The study encompasses an important review of their structures, as well as a comprehensive analysis of the scope, level of implementation and concerns and opportunities that free mobility arrangements have brought to the region.