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Immigration investigation into denial of entry for 23 brazilians

FOREIGN Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell has confirmed that his ministry is investigating reports that 23 Brazilians were denied entry into the Bahamas “without any justification” earlier this month.

Mitchell seeks to sue Smith for $4.5m in slander claim

MINISTER of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Fred Mitchell has made a counterclaim in the libel civil suit filed against him by attorney Fred Smith, in turn accusing the outspoken QC of slander.

Mitchell says Haitian ambassador incorrect over policy on tackling illegal immigration

FOREIGN Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell said yesterday that Haitian Ambassador Jean Victor Geneus’ critique of the Christie administration’s new immigration policy to clamp down on illegal migration was “materially incorrect”.

Mitchell: ‘Brain drain’ not a major problem

DURING parliamentary debate on the University of Bahamas Bill yesterday, Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell said “brain drain” is not a major problem for The Bahamas.

Mitchell: No fallout from the US over ministry's travel advisory

FOREIGN Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell said yesterday there has been “absolutely” no fall out from diplomats in the United States after his ministry issued a travel warning advising Bahamians, young men in particular, to exercise caution in their dealings with police in US cities.

Mitchell blasts religious leaders over referendum

FOX Hill MP Fred Mitchell declared yesterday that the country was not a theocracy as he castigated religious leaders for their role in the failure of the gender equality referendum.

Mitchell: Deception by vote ‘no’ side is a sin

FOREIGN Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell yesterday spoke out against religious leaders opposing the four referendum bills, claiming that their “deceptive campaign” against the gender equality vote is “a sin”.

Rise in Chinese nationals held at Detention Centre, Mitchell reports

A RECENT spike in the number of Chinese housed at the Detention Centre is due to these immigrants being apprehended after their human smuggling schemes have gone awry.

Mitchell says Baha Mar group fuelling racism

FOREIGN Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell yesterday hit out at Facebook group “Baha Mar Citizen Awake”, accusing it of fuelling “racism” and extreme patriotism towards Baha Mar’s Chinese investors at the behest of the resort’s developer Sarkis Izmirlian.

Mitchell: Smith is waging war against me

FOX Hill MP Fred Mitchell was adamant yesterday that Fred Smith, QC, legal director of Save The Bays, has waged “war” on him through a series of court actions aimed to “bankrupt” him personally.

Mitchell dismisses questions over previous referendum comments

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell yesterday brushed off questions about his turnaround in position on the need for a constitutional amendment to remove discrimination based on sex.

Mitchell: Pigs will fly before Speaker needs FNM help

FOX Hill MP Fred Mitchell yesterday hit back at the FNM for criticising his decision to petition House Speaker Dr Kendal Major over persons he felt were in breach of parliamentary privilege.

FNM hits out at Mitchell letter

THE Free National Movement yesterday condemned Fox Hill MP Fred Mitchell’s petitioning of House Speaker Dr Kendal Major over persons he felt were in breach of parliamentary privilege, charging that Mr Mitchell’s actions were a “direct attempt” to “undermine, weaken and diminish the authority and integrity of the Speaker.”

Mitchell defends bishop named in connection with investment fund

FOX Hill MP Fred Mitchell yesterday said it was unfair the late Bishop Solomon Humes had become “unfairly mixed up” in the international scandal wrought by the Panama Papers.

MITCHELL HITS BACK AT SAVE THE BAYS’ LAWYERS OVER PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGE

FOX Hill MP Fred Mitchell yesterday rebuked attempts by Save The Bays’ lawyers and attorney Fred Smith to question members of Parliament about the leak of its emails in the House of Assembly, or legally suppress information, in a letter to House Speak Dr Kendal Major.

Mitchell questions intelligence of grieving mother

FOREIGN Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell has hit out at the grieving mother of a Bahamian pilot who died in a Haiti jail, calling her a “little slow” and someone who “does not understand the most basic matters about her son’s care”.

Mitchell and Gray join call for campaign finance laws

FOX Hill MP Fred Mitchell and MICAL MP V Alfred Gray joined a growing number of parliamentarians yesterday in calling for campaign finance laws to be enacted, with Mr Mitchell saying the lack of such laws is at the root of the Peter Nygard/Louis Bacon controversy ensnaring the major political parties at the moment.

Mitchell says lawsuit filed against him is ‘publicity stunt’

FOREIGN Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell yesterday said the personal lawsuit filed against him by the unlawfully imprisoned Cuban men released last month was a “trumped up publicity stunt” and an abuse of the judicial system.

Pintard: Did Mitchell mislead parliament?

FREE National Movement Chairman Michael Pintard yesterday questioned whether Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Fred Mitchell “misled” parliamentarians when he said two Cuban men recently released from prison posed risks to national security.

Amnesty defends report after Mitchell criticism

HUMAN Rights group Amnesty International has defended the objectivity of its 2015 report following government criticism that claims of abuse were not fully investigated.

Mitchell: Cubans may be sent back to custody

THE two Cuban men released from prison last month after nearly three years in custody may be sent back to the correctional facility if they are caught by immigration officials, Minister of Immigration and Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell said yesterday.

Fred Mitchell: Released Cuban men 'trying to enter US illegally'

THE two Cuban men who were released from prison last week under a Supreme Court Justice’s order are believed to be attempting to illegally enter the United States, according to the Department of Immigration.

Mitchell says Amnesty accepted abuse allegations ‘uncritically’

ALTHOUGH immigration officials are still examining Amnesty International’s 2015 report into the state of human rights in this country, Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell said the organisation appears to have uncritically accepted allegations of abuse.

Mitchell blasts critics yet won’t explain Cubans’ security risk

WHILE Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell attempted to shut down critics of his handling of circumstances surrounding the recent release of two Cuban men from prison, the minister was on the defensive offering no clear explanation to questions on why the men were considered “national security risks” by the government.

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