The Buzz | Bahamas strikes tough tone on immigration at UN

The foreign minister of the Bahamas says his country is determined to control illegal immigration, saying allowing it to balloon would be a “recipe for civil strife.”
Frederick Mitchell struck a tough tone during his speech yesterday at the U.N. General Assembly, less than two weeks after his government announced a measure making it harder for migrants to work in the island chain.
The Caribbean country is considering additional restrictions as part of a plan that appears mostly aimed at large numbers of Haitians who have settled there.
Mitchell said controlling illegal immigration in the Bahamas is “central to our survivability as a country.” He added that unchecked immigration has been a “recipe for civil strife” in other countries and “we do not intend for that to happen to us.”