Four Venezuelan women missing in Trinidad and Tobago are being sought

• According to Trinidadian authorities, the four Venezuelans were last seen on Wednesday, July 3. Main photo: EFE

Trinidad and Tobago police are searching for four missing Venezuelan women, aged between 16 and 26, while they arrested five other Venezuelans for allegedly being in the country as undocumented immigrants.

According to Trinidadian authorities, the four Venezuelans were last seen on Wednesday, July 3, and were reported missing the same day at the Woodbrook District Police Station in Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago.

The girls were identified as Sharoll Cedeño, Daniela Rivero and Lindavua De Oliveria, aged 16 each, and Leoriannys Estanga, aged 26, all residents of Diego Martin, west of Port of Spain.

“The girls were last seen wearing green shirts and black pants,” police said in a report.

Meanwhile, the five Venezuelans detained, four women and one man between 19 and 42 years old, were captured on July 5 by officers of the Immigration Investigative Unit following an intelligence operation.

The South Americans were handed over to agents of the Immigration Division for further investigation.

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Venezuelans in Trinidad and Tobago

In 2023, the Andrés Bello Catholic University (UCAB) published a study revealing that the number of Venezuelan migrants The number of migrants in Trinidad and Tobago reached 36,218. Of this number, at least 16,300 migrants requested asylum and 3,200 were granted it, or 19.63%.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that same year that 64% of Venezuelan migrant children did not have access to education in Trinidad and Tobago, reported the EFE news agency.

The OIM He called on the Trinidadian government to carry out “systematic and coherent” assessments of the situation of migrants to ensure an effective and relevant response in accordance with their needs.

In response to this report, the deputy director of the international affairs unit of the Ministry of National Security of Trinidad and Tobago, Richard Lynch, expressed his commitment to guarantee the safety of Venezuelan migrants welcomed by his country.

With information from EFE.

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