DID THE UK REVOKE VISA-FREE ACCESS PRIVILEGES FOR DOMINICA'S CITIZENS DUE TO ENTRY OF TERRORISTS WITH CBI PASSPORTS?

We believe that the recent cancellation of visa-free entry for holders of passports from the Commonwealth of Dominica, and the imposition of visa requirements was due in large part to well-founded British fears that terrorists can, and have, entered the United Kingdom through the use of Citizenship by Investment (CBI) passports issued by the five East Caribbean states in the Commonwealth. The new visa requirements are a direct response to that security threat.

This is not a fiction; reports have been circulating for some time to the effect that terrorist financiers, as well as terrorists themselves, have entered the UK under the blanket visa-free status accorded St. kitts, Antigua, Dominica, St. Lucia and Grenada. We were further reminded of that fact by the report that two individuals deported from Britain by the authorities due to terrorist associations illegally re-entered the UK  by acquiring Dominica CBI passports.

We have been warning for several years that these CBI passports, which are issued by jurisdictions known for corruption at the highest level, can be purchased by literally any terrorist with a sufficient quantity of cash, in US Dollars, and constitute a Clear and present Danger to the National Security of the United Kingdom, as well as of the Members of the European Union (EU), which also extended visa-free entry privileges.

Note well the precise language in the press release issued by the UK Home Secretary,  Suella Braverman:

 “Careful consideration of Dominica’s and Vanuatu’s operation of a citizenship by investment scheme has shown clear and evident abuse of the scheme, including the granting of citizenship to individuals known to pose a risk to the UK.”