A delegation from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is due in London this week for “historic” talks with British politicians on slavery reparations, UK newspapers say. The six-member delegation will be led by Sir Hilary Beckles, UWI vice chancellor, for the first official visit of CARICOM’s reparations commission to Britain.
The delegation will engage with members of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Afrikan Reparations.
The visit aims to raise public awareness and political support for reparatory justice, with events planned in London and Birmingham. Beckles, the commission’s chair, will open the series with a lecture titled The Coming Enlightenment.
