Living in Jamaica

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Hurricane Ivan strikes Jamaica and the Cayman Islands in September 2004 with Category 4 force, destroying homes and infrastructure across the island. The Caribbean diaspora in Britain mobilises rapidly to raise funds and provide support. In the same period, the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants) Act 2004 passes into law, bringing further restrictions that alarm community organisations.

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The Iraq War continues to define British politics in the first half of 2004, straining the Caribbean community’s relationship with the Blair government. PJ Patterson uses Jamaica’s international platform to press for debt relief and fair trade for the Caribbean, while the diaspora in Britain navigates a political landscape in which its concerns about immigration enforcement and racial equality compete with the war for political oxygen.

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The second half of 2003 brings the Caribbean community in Britain through the summer of a war it opposed and into a political autumn shaped by the Hutton Inquiry, the Kelly affair, and the continued erosion of trust in the Blair government. Immigration enforcement tightens. In Jamaica, PJ Patterson secures electoral success and Caribbean integration advances, but crime and debt remain urgent concerns.