The Jamaica Diaspora Annual Roundup for 2022: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February triggers the largest European conflict since World War Two and a global cost-of-living crisis; Queen Elizabeth II dies on 8 September aged 96; the UK passes through three prime ministers in one year; the Caribbean reparations campaign intensifies; and Jamaica remittances hold above US$3.2 billion despite inflation pressures on diaspora households.

The quarterly intelligence report on Jamaica’s global diaspora for July–September 2022: the 9th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference outcomes drive a sustained post-conference implementation agenda, Hurricane Fiona strikes Puerto Rico and the eastern Caribbean while Jamaica is spared, global inflation pressures continue to squeeze diaspora household budgets, Jamaica’s economy maintains strong post-pandemic growth, and the National Diaspora Policy approaches final consultation before adoption.

Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales visit Jamaica in March 2022 and are met by reparations protests and a prime ministerial declaration of republican intent. More than 100 Jamaican leaders sign a formal slavery letter. The Windrush compensation scheme continues and 21 Jamaicans are rescued from a deportation charter flight. Our quarterly diaspora and Windrush update.

The quarterly intelligence report on Jamaica’s global diaspora for April–June 2022: the landmark 9th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference returns to in-person format in Montego Bay on 18–21 June, the Russia-Ukraine war’s food and fuel price shock squeezes diaspora household budgets, Jamaica’s post-pandemic economic recovery gathers pace, remittances remain at historically elevated levels while beginning a gentle normalisation from the 2021 peak, and voluntary returnee processing continues through PICA.

In March 2022, Prince William arrived in Jamaica to protests and a prime minister who told him Britain was being left behind. Three months later, a bronze family stood in Sunday best atop a pile of suitcases at Waterloo Station — the National Windrush Monument, unveiled by the same prince.

The quarterly intelligence briefing on Jamaica’s global diaspora for January–March 2022: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February reshapes global commodity and energy markets with immediate implications for diaspora household budgets, the Omicron COVID wave subsides and international travel restrictions begin to ease, 2021 full-year remittances confirm a record US$3.49 billion, preparations intensify for the 9th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference in June 2022, and Jamaica’s economy continues its robust post-pandemic recovery.

When Barbados became the Caribbean’s newest republic in November 2021, it electrified a conversation about Jamaica’s own constitutional future from Kingston to Brooklyn. In the same month, a damning parliamentary report found that only five per cent of Windrush scandal victims in Britain had received compensation.

Twenty-three Windrush generation members die without receiving compensation, prompting legal action against the Home Secretary. Jamaica demands £7.6 billion in reparations as the British High Commissioner dismisses the claim. Barbados becomes a republic in November 2021, intensifying pressure on Jamaica to follow suit. Our quarterly diaspora and Windrush update.

The quarterly intelligence report on Jamaica’s global diaspora for October–December 2021: full-year 2021 remittances approach a record US$3.49 billion as the year closes, Q4 GDP growth of approximately 6.7 per cent confirms Jamaica’s robust post-pandemic rebound, COP26 in Glasgow places Caribbean climate vulnerability on the world stage, the Omicron variant emerges in late November and threatens to disrupt the reopening trajectory, and preparations begin for the 9th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference planned for June 2022.

The Jamaica Diaspora Annual Roundup for 2021: COVID vaccines roll out across host countries and Jamaica; the delayed Tokyo Olympics see Elaine Thompson-Herah win the 100m and 200m double; Biden is inaugurated in January; the Windrush Lessons Learned Review is published finding the Home Office ‘institutionally racist’; Jamaica mourns the death of Bunny Wailer; and remittances exceed US$3.0 billion for the first time.