"Last year, this “jewel of the Caribbean” ranked 8th in the world for
refugee claims to Canada, surpassing India (population 1.2 billion) and
Pakistan (population 187 million).
The population of St. Vincent and the Grenadines? An estimated 104,000.
The majority of Vincentians flocking to Canada are women. And it appears most are fleeing domestic violence.
“There is something very wrong in the relationship between men and women in St. Vincent and the Grenadines,” wrote Canadian Federal Court Justice Sean Harrington in a 2009 ruling. “Year after year, woman after woman washes up on our shores seeking protection from abusive, violent husbands or boyfriends.”
It turns out the vacationer’s idyll, with its turquoise waters and verdant hills, is one of the world’s worst places to be a woman."
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1084791--video-is-this-caribbean-idyll-the-worst-place-in-the-world-to-be-a-woman
The population of St. Vincent and the Grenadines? An estimated 104,000.
The majority of Vincentians flocking to Canada are women. And it appears most are fleeing domestic violence.
“There is something very wrong in the relationship between men and women in St. Vincent and the Grenadines,” wrote Canadian Federal Court Justice Sean Harrington in a 2009 ruling. “Year after year, woman after woman washes up on our shores seeking protection from abusive, violent husbands or boyfriends.”
It turns out the vacationer’s idyll, with its turquoise waters and verdant hills, is one of the world’s worst places to be a woman."
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1084791--video-is-this-caribbean-idyll-the-worst-place-in-the-world-to-be-a-woman
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