Earl Moxam, Senior Gleaner WriterTHE POLICE in Portland had their hands full on Friday as they sought to round-up Haitians who had strayed from the refugee camp at the Winnifred Rest Home in Fairy Hill.
The Sunday Gleaner team was on hand for the mini-drama as two of the Haitians, both young men, were caught in the nearby village and transported back to the camp.
There were actually four Haitians at the shop engaged in friendly conversation with locals and the news team when the police arrived and broke up the exchanges.
It has apparently become a familiar routine, for some of the refugees and the cops: The uninvited guests to the country slip the confines of their temporary home and sneak off into the village. There they are largely welcomed and given extra food plus a chance to practise their English.
One of them, Joel, was enjoying a 'box' lunch when we pulled up, and, anxious to communicate, even in his limited English, asserted "I like Jamaica, many!"
