The St. Lucian government on Monday said it remains ‘extremely concerned’ about the ongoing political and economic situation in Venezuela after Trinidad and Tobago reported that a number of Venezuelans were entering the oil-rich twin island republic illegally and seeking asylum.
St. Lucia’s Prime Minister, Allen Chastanet, told reporters that “Trinidad, Colombia and the rest of Latin America, have for the past couple of years been feeling the impact.
He added that thousands of people, if not millions of people are migrating from Venezuela and as the situation continues to worsen, this becomes even a greater threat to the region and I am very concerned as to the impact here in St Lucia.”
According to CMC News, the Acting Chief Immigration Officer in Trinidad and Tobago, Charmaine Gandhi-Andrews, last week told a select Joint Committee of Parliament that an estimated 2,000 Venezuelans have applied for asylum in Trinidad in recent months.
