Problem under
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Kiribati
Problem under control
Kiribati, one of the smallest and least prosperous of Pacific is land countries, does not have a migration problem. Most of those who have left the islands to live in USA, New Zealand, Australia or the United King dom, are men or women who married expatriates... VSO’s, Peace Corps workers and so on.
However, more than 1000 Kiribatese men are currently employed on German and Brit ish ships, with another 300 or so at shore schools awaiting employment.
While thus employed these people are required to send three-quarters of their monthly salaries back to Kiribati as fam ily allotments, deposits in sav ings accounts, and payments to the Seamen’s Union funds.
Vianney Teabo
The hopeful arrivals often head for Hawaii’s luxury resorts, as, here, the Halekulani Hotel. But they tend to be at the service end . . . sweeping and serving.