Prime Minister, Allen Chastanet, has once again highlighted his government’s intention to establish a Border Protection Agency in St Lucia. The new proposed agency would bring the Customs and Excise Department, Immigration and the Marine Police under one umbrella of Border Protection, separate from the Royal St Lucia Police Force. Prime Minister Chastanet stated that St Lucia will become like the US and some other countries in having a Coast Guard rather than having a Marine Police. He asserted that border control will become an ‘absolute priority.’ The Prime Minister also disclosed that the government will explore introducing new equipment to enable