CARICOM examines free movement within the CSME

CARICOM is examining ways of giving common law spouses the right to move and work freely if their partners take up jobs within the single trading market.



At issue is whether unmarried partners can benefit from contingency rights against the background that they are not recognised in the laws of some CARICOM countries.



Progress on free movement within CARICOM was on the agenda of a ministerial meeting which recently ended in Georgetown, Guyana.



Other problem areas include the residency and work rights of spouses in the event of separation and the right of children to get jobs on becoming adults.