It appears that there has been a reversal in the supply-demand equation for one element of Britain’s employment figures. That’ll be in the tax-haven and British territory of Bermuda to be precise.

Four Guantanamo prisoners who were released to Bermuda in June have been given jobs tending a public golf course. Employers can only take on foreigners if no qualified local wants the job.

Reuters reports that the four landed on the 21-square-mile island on June 11 after Bermuda’s premier, Ewart Brown, negotiated their resettlement directly with the United States. The move apparently enraged officials back in the UK who insisted the Bermuda government did not have the power to handle such foreign affairs and security matters…

Wendall Brown, chairman of the board of trustees for Bermuda’s public golf courses, said the men replaced a group of Filipino workers who left at short notice.

“They have been offered a temporary position at Port Royal until the Grand Slam,” he said. “There are still special projects that we need to do like cleaning up and beautifying the course … All four of them have been given a job there. It’s on a temporary basis. Two of them speak fairly good English.” Reuters