Guyana commits at Geneva conference to help stateless

Jermaine Grant at the High-Level Meeting on Statelessness in Geneva, Switzerland. (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

Guyana made four pledges at a recent conference in Geneva, Switzerland to help those affected by statelessness and the plight of Venezuelans who have fled here to avoid hardship was also on the agenda.

A release from the Ministry of the Presidency said that Technical Officer, Department of Citizenship,  Jermaine Grant, recently attended a five-day High-Level Meeting on Statelessness in Geneva, Switzerland.

Grant, who represented Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix, on Monday made a presentation to a Multi-agency Coordinating Committee Meeting for addressing the influx of Venezuelan Migrants into Guyana.