Tens of thousands of Venezuelans have fled to the Caribbean country in recent years. Now Trinidad's government is adopting a harder line toward the newcomers.

The family are among about 3,300 Venezuelans who had petitioned for asylum in Trinidad and Tobago as of April - more than in any other Caribbean country, according to the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR).

Venezuelans who flee their country and enter Trinidad and Tobago illegally — even if they’ve been recognized as refugees and asylum seekers — risk jail. As the Caribbean fears being overrun ...

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago — Free-spending Venezuelans once crammed store aisles in foreign countries famously uttering “dame dos”: “I’ll take two.” But the citizens of what ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (RNS) — Following the April deportation, Archbishop of Port of Spain Charles Jason Gordon spoke out against the government’s treatment of Venezuelans and ...

The government of Trinidad and Tobago believes that about 40,000 Venezuelans are currently on the islands, many of whom entered illegally – often smuggled in by boat – or have overstayed their ...

At least two Venezuelans died when a vessel they were taking from eastern Delta Amacuro state to neighboring Trinidad and Tobago sank, the state's governor said, adding that seven people had been ...

Tens of thousands of Venezuelans have fled to the Caribbean country in recent years. Now Trinidad's government is adopting a harder line toward the newcomers.

He noted that in the 19th century, Trinidad and Tobago benefited from Venezuelan migrants working in the cocoa industry. "They didn't take away from the country; they actually contributed," he said.

The family are among about 3,300 Venezuelans who had petitioned for asylum in Trinidad and Tobago as of April - more than in any other Caribbean country, according to the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR).

When Reyna Cumberbatch climbed out of a boat and onto a deserted beach in the Caribbean twin-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago, she was nervous but deeply relieved. Back in her home country of ...