officers, whose attitude was attacked last week by three visitors to the Island.

Opposition Senate Leader Sen. Alex Scott said Immigration officers at the airport "seem to do a good job'' and his party has never received any complaints about them from tourists or Bermudians.

But he said Bermuda Customs -- the second barrier people must clear to get out of the airport -- "continues to be a problem''.

Sen. Scott agreed with Chief Immigration officer Mr. Neville Smith that Immigration officers must be thorough in their jobs to "protect Bermuda''.

"What I understand is that tourists have arrived in Bermuda with less than adequate documentation,'' Sen. Scott said. "But if Immigration starts to make exceptions the whole process will be watered down and the outcome will be that Bermuda gets saddled with folk the US would not receive back.

"(But) the recent criticisms may warrant some kind of a review.'' Of an incident last week in which a Costa Rican woman and her Bermuda-born child were sent home a day after arriving, Sen. Scott said: "It sounds as if someone was a little too efficient.

"I can see the grey area but I would have thought it would be simple enough that when someone says they have someone here to meet them, it is checked out.

It sounds as if (the Costa Rican woman) could have been facilitated more.'' Miss Martha Mora had come to the Island to marry her Bermudian fiancee Mr.

Hans Olander.

The St. David's Islander last week accused Immigration officers of having "Gestapo-like'' attitudes. He claimed the problem of insufficient documents could have been sorted out by a simple change of itinerary. He had to spend more than $3,000 to bring them back.

Sen. Scott suggested Immigration policies be "adjusted to accommodate those with legitimate connections to Bermuda''.

Other recent complaints about Immigration have come from an Australian tourist who was accused of "visa shopping'' and a woman who flew here to seek out a hotel for a convention group.

Both were turned back by Immigration causing them to complain bitterly about the attitude of the officers who dealt with them.

Sen. Scott said he is still concerned about Customs officers' treatment of arriving passengers, despite the formation of a new Government committee to examine the problem.

He said he is still getting complaints about Customs, the most recent being from a black American Policeman from whom the PLP received a letter of complaint.

In the letter the Policeman and his wife claimed they were treated so badly by Bermuda Customs they made arrangements to leave the Island as soon as they exited the airport, Sen. Scott said.

Sen. Scott said he knows of "several'' other visitor complaints about Customs but wants to verify them before disclosing them.