Already having to endure the social and economic repercussions of waves of migrants from neighbouring Venezuela, CARICOM member state, Trinidad and Tobago is reportedly concerned that further political pressures imposed on Venezuela, through sanctions by the United States, will have the effect of increasing the number of Venezuelans seeking refuge in the country, creating further socio-economic challenges for the country. A report published in the Trinidad Guardian just over a week ago quoted Economist and International Relations expert and retired director of the Institute of International Relations of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Dr. Anthony Gonzalves as saying that any intensification of sanctions against an already socially and economically fragile Venezuela could trigger another wave of outward migration, and by extension, further waves of arrivals in Trinidad and Tobago.
