Jamaican farm workers awaiting flight home

With Jamaica’s airports still closed in the wake of Hurricane Melissa, hundreds of Jamaican farm workers are stuck in Norfolk County awaiting a flight home.

Many have not been able to contact their loved ones since the hurricane knocked out much of the island nation’s power grid on Tuesday.

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“Most of the workers are in the dark,” said apple farmer Chris Hedges, whose 140 migrant workers were scheduled to fly home within the week but have seen numerous flights cancelled.

“A lot of workers come from the hardest-hit area between Kingston and Montego Bay,” Hedges said.

“Some have made contact and found that their homes have been destroyed. Three that we know of,” Hedges said, adding other workers learned high winds had ripped off the metal roofs of their homes.

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