Caribbean

Premier Mark Brantley tells IMGW.news why Nevis is repositioning itself as a global safe haven, how Caribbean CBI could evolve beyond passport mobility, and why geothermal energy, deeper citizen engagement and economic diversification may define its next chapter.

Global Citizen Solutions founder and CEO Patricia Casaburi tells IMGlobalWealth.news why investment migration is evolving into “regulated mobility planning”, as geopolitical risk, purposeful capital and multi-jurisdictional strategies reshape global mobility.

Western economies account for just 6.7% of estimated global births, while the EU’s 2025 population growth came entirely from migration, sharpening advanced economies’ competition for workers, skills, entrepreneurs and internationally mobile capital.

Five Caribbean CBI states have united in response to EU pressure for a 2028 phase-out, seeking dialogue, economic safeguards and a negotiated path forward.

EU pressure on Caribbean CBI programmes intensifies as Antigua and Barbuda says Brussels wants a 2028 phase-out or risks to Schengen access.

Europe may be anxious, over-regulated and forever warning of the next crisis, yet its passports still rule the world, even as Singapore, Japan and rising mobility powers close in.

Spain’s mass migrant regularisation raises a pointed question for Europe: why is investment migration subjected to exhaustive scrutiny while much larger migration flows are processed at speed? Pictured: Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission.

One year after Spain closed its golden visa, the decision reads less like an isolated national reform and more like a warning to the global investment migration industry: passive property routes are giving way to programmes that must prove real economic value.

Ahead of the Investment Migration Forum 2026 in Paris, Samuel Spiteri of the Investment Migration Council reflects on trust, reputation, and why the world’s largest gathering of investment migration professionals remains the sector’s essential meeting point.

Global mobility remains within reach for global citizens, but securing a Plan B passport is becoming costlier. New data show Caribbean citizenship-by-investment thresholds have risen sharply since 2021, while several European investment routes have closed or tightened.