Immigration Department Receives Donation from the United States Embassy in Belize.
The Ministry with responsibility for Immigration and Refugees received six MIDAS mobile readers from the United States Embassy in Belize on Wednesday, November 29, 2017.
The donation was presented by Mr. Steven Davis of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Specialist at the Embassy of the United States of America in Belize. The readers are valued at approximately BZ$72,000. Receiving on behalf of the Government of Belize was Hon. Beverly Williams, Minister of State in the Ministry of Immigration, CEO in the Ministry of Immigration Mr. Edmund Zuniga, Director of Immigration and Nationality Services Ms. Diana Locke, and Assistant Director of Immigration and Nationality Services Mrs. Debra Baptist Estrada.
The mobile readers will be used to capture immigration information at established and informal border entry/exit points.
