Lyder: Clamp down on illegal migrants to reduce covid19 spread
Damian Lyder -
THE Government must do more against illegal migrants to Trinidad and Tobago, some of whom might harbour the Brazilian variant of the covid19 virus, Opposition Senator Damian Lyder said at a UNC briefing on Sunday at the Office of the Opposition Leader in Port of Spain.
He said the new strain was not brought into the country by TT nationals who had been shut out for the past year but by illegal migrants entering from Venezuela.
Lamenting Saturday s Ministry of Health figures of 402 new cases of infection and seven more deaths, he said, The disaster within the nation s borders is being perpetuated by a lack of foresight. The situation has spun completely out of control.
Supermarkets wait and see over migrant re-registration
President of the Supermarket Association of TT Raviv Diptee. - ROGER JACOB
SUPERMARKETS are quietly adopting a wait-and-see attitude towards news that their Venezuelan employees will have to re-register their updated personal details under the Venezuelan Migrant Registration scheme, Supermarket Association of TT (SATT) president Rajiv Diptee told Newsday on Monday.
Minister of National Security Stuart Young on Wednesday last week told the Prime Minister s media briefing at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann’s, that Venezuelans will be given new migrant registration cards, and the previous cards will be invalid.
Since then, Newsday has reported that Venezuelans were now in fear of losing their jobs and/or accommodation, due to uncertainties around the process. Newsday asked the association if its member supermarkets were indeed having jitters over their staff, and if so, why.