93 Venezuelan nationals repatriated
A total of 93 Venezuelan nationals were repatriated to their country on Friday. According to reports, the group included refugees and asylum seekers who were being housed at the Immigration Detenti...
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165 Venezuelans repatriated in human trafficking crackdown
Approximately 165 Venezuelan nationals were repatriated to their home country this week, National Security Minister Stuart Young confirmed to Loop News. The development comes after several illegal ...
TTPS: 12 Venezuelans caught arriving at South Trinidad beach
The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) said 12 Venezuelan nationals were detained after they were seen coming ashore on a beach in South Trinidad. In a statement, the TTPS said the 12 were a...
Update: 2 Venezuelan children escaped custody, says TTPS
Update February 13, 2020, 10.10 am: Police said two Venezuelan girls who were held during a raid at a Woodbrook nightclub escaped custody and are being searched for. The Trinidad and...
T&T Coast Guard turns away Venezuelan boats
The Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard said it turned away two pirogues carrying Venezuelan people over the course of several days. In a statement dated November 4, 2019, the TTCG said two pirogues wi...
Gay Jamaican asylum seekers find new life in US with LGBT task force
Maurice Newman was thriving in Jamaica, fulfilling his dreams. He was teaching the fifth grade and also traveling for the government, training fellow teachers. He was building his life, living in the ...
Six women held, suspected of being illegal immigrants
Six women were among 14 persons held in the Woodbrook community during a police exercise on Thursday under suspicion of being illegal immigrants. The suspects, who are between the ages of 21 and 52...
Latino actors, writers pen 'letter of solidarity' amid fears
Actresses America Ferrera and Eva Longoria are leading a group of more than 150 writers, artists and leaders who have written a public "letter of solidarity" to U.S. Latinos after the mass shooting ...
Refugee children learn about T&T’s native animals
Although some refugee children are barred from attending public schools, one organisation is trying to ensure they are still given opportunities to learn. Andreina Briceno-Brown, director of La Cas...
US to send asylum seekers back to dangerous part of Mexico
The U.S. government on Friday expanded its policy requiring asylum seekers to wait outside the country to one of Mexico's most dangerous cities, where thousands of people are already camped, some for ...