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WATCH | Illegal migration ‘not a good decision’ for Jamaicans, says foreign affairs minister

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Robert Morgan, minister with responsibility for information, looks on as Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade, addresses journalists during a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House in St Andrew on Wednesday (April 12).

Persons engaging in illegal migration expose themselves to dangerous situations such as kidnapping, human trafficking and death, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade, warned on Wednesday (April 12).

READ: Jamaicans engaging in illegal migration putting lives at risk

Here’s what Johnson Smith had to say as she address a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House in St Andrew.

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