The St Kitts Nevis Observer
Stock photo. All over the world refugees are putting their lives at risk to escape their homelands by air, land, or sea. Trinidad lies only 7 miles off the shores of Venezuela at the closest point.
(MSN)–December 20th, 2020–The Caribbean Centre for Human Rights (CCHR) said yesterday that the 15 members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) should help out in dealing with the influx of migrants from Venezuela to Trinidad and Tobago.
The CCHR also noted in a statement that the Government of Trinidad and Tobago had a duty to protect human rights in accordance with its Constitution and the laws of the country, in addition to its obligations as a member of the Organization of American States (OAS).
PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC): The Caribbean Centre for Human Rights (CCHR) says that, in the wake of the influx of migrants from Venezuela to Trinidad and Tobago, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) should be asked to help with the crisis. In a statement, the CCHR also said that the government of the twin-island republic still has a duty to protect human rights, as set out in the Constitution and laws of the country, plus its obligations as a member of the Organization of American States. “It is possible to secure our borders, protect our national security, mitigate the strain on our economy and preserve relationships with our international partners whilst honouring our obligations under international law,” it pointed out.
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Human rights group: Let Caricom help Trinidad and Tobago with Venezuelan migrants
Friday 18 December 2020
FILE PHOTO: Venezuelan migrants, including 16 children, make their way to shore at Los Iros Beach after entering TT waters illegally on board a pirogue on November 24. - Lincoln Holder
THE Caribbean Centre for Human Rights (CCHR), in a Facebook statement on Friday, urged TT to ask its Caricom neighbours to help with the influx of Venezuelan migrants.
The CCHR said despite the economic crisis due to covid19, TT still has a duty to protect human rights as set out in the TT Constitution and laws, plus its obligations as a member of the Organisation of American States (OAS.)
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It’s February 2020 and on the Savannah, in Port of Spain, Trinidad a coconut vendor talks about “the virus” emerging in China. He’s worried that the island’s world-famous carnival is just around the corner and that cases will be imported.
Trinidad and Tobago is one of the most culturally and ethnically diverse countries in the Caribbean and as such, the vendor was worried that the country’s diaspora, coming from as far as China to closer-by Canada, bulges the population of the island during each carnival. Trinidadians, like most Caribbean people, know migration is part of life.