Trinidad And Tobago Is Ignoring Its Venezuelan Refugee Problem (HBO)
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- Опубликовано: 28 фев 2019
- Cedros, on the remote southwestern tip of the island of Trinidad, is a sleepy fishing village unaccustomed to heavy traffic. Its port is little more than a narrow jetty sticking out into the water and a small customs house on shore.
But in recent months, ferries have been dropping off passengers by the dozen, most of them hauling large rolling suitcases behind them. That’s because Cedros happens to be seven miles away from the Venezuelan coast, where political turmoil and a collapsing economy is driving people out by the thousands.
“Before this situation developed, the number of [Venezuelans] entering through the port was under 100 weekly,” said Shankar Teelucksingh, the councillor for Cedros. “Today we have over 1,500. And that’s just what we can keep track of - that excludes the ones that come into the country illegally.”
Roughly 3.4 million people have left Venezuela in recent years, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The large majority have gone overland to Colombia, Peru, and other South American countries. But proportionally, Trinidad and Tobago has received the most: an estimated 60,000 Venezuelans now live in the island nation, which amounts to more than four percent of its population.
And yet, of all the countries bearing the brunt of the Venezuelan refugee crisis, Trinidad and Tobago has done the least to address it. Venezuelans there can apply for refugee status from the UNHCR, which entitles them to stay in the country. But the government has not otherwise made significant efforts to integrate them or provide them with legal status.
Adults are not legally allowed to work, and children are not given the right to a public education. As a result, Venezuelans in Trinidad live mostly underground. The lucky ones find local residents who are willing to help them.
After months of living in overcrowded conditions with other families, Josué Campos and his family met a local school principal named Kelly-Ann Langdon-Pascal, who let them enroll their daughter for free in her small private school. Langdon-Pascal also rented them her basement apartment for cheap.
Campos and his wife now work odd jobs cleaning houses and on construction sites. “It’s tough, because you have to live in fear,” Campos said. “You’re working and you’re wondering if immigration is coming, if the police are coming. It’s not stable.”
Still, odd jobs in Trinidad are a better deal than a stable job in Venezuela: A day’s work in Trinidad is enough to buy food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, Campos said. “With the minimum wage you get in Venezuela, you can’t even buy breakfast.”
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WTF. Tiny islands shouldn't be expected to handle masses of refugees.
I agree I'm from that island and Venezuela is 50 times bigger than Trinidad, plus Trinidad is not and never will be a Spanish speaking country.
This comment should be pinned to the top
UK feels your pain
@@jason4275 funny name of your capital though
Well yea Trinidad use to be a Spanish colony, then British, and when the Brits took over they didn't bother changing the capital name, and then when we receive our independence, changing the capital name wasn't an important issue, it still isn't.
A tiny island should not be responsible for thousands of people
Trina is a signatory to the refugee convention. It has international obligations
Loisaba Ololokwe do you even know what is the definition of a refugee? I suggest you google it. Most of the so-called refugees are just economic migrants, they even admitted it openly in the video therefore they cannot be classified as refugees. Open borders ideology is a total utopia and will only lead to greater economic problems and possibly more wars.
Destiny Ellis 60 million
Yes, we are willing to take in Venezuelans to an extent. There is a limit that has been reached and at this point we should’ve long ago declared a national emergency. Only the younger generations of our nation understand at least some Spanish..we aren’t properly equipped to handle these refugees- instead other Spanish speaking countries surrounding Venezuela should at least take some of the weight. You can’t fill a cup up past its brim.
HEY THE PEOPLE THERE DO NOT HAVE TINY BRAINS. THEY ARE THE MANUFACTURING CAPITAL OF THE ENTIRE CARIBBEAN.
The trinidad economy cannot handle the influx of Venezuelans coming into trinidad and tobago there's not even enough work for the citizens themselves. The locals are very concerned by this situation. This news piece is paints the picture that we should welcome them with open arms but in reality the country can't afford to.
They're pointing to inhumane conditions, did you miss all that? You can treat refugees like human beings and figure out the politics of their asylum.
Racist
@@EbuzzNYC this is true but one thing I can say is that we don't even get hospitality when we're in the hospitals. It's just how Trinidad is. There's a saying when you go to a Trinidadian hospital expect to come out dead. It's sad.
@@saleemmohammed309 I understand that, I grew up in DR and it's the same issue there with Haiti. If they give anything to the refugees people will complain "how come they get a bed and food?"
@@user-sv6yj8kt4u Yes, and I do not support it, but we have plenty of people decrying the human rights abuses that are happening at the border under the Trump administration. That doesn't mean that we can't point out other abuses, stop deflecting.
How y’all ain’t mention tht Trinidad is really small and that we basically depend on oil and gas to run the economy
They most likely did not point it out on purpose. Technically they did but somewhat but it was not given much emphasis. They also FAILED/refused to mention that we are in a recession and that THOUSANDS of Trinidadian citizens are now unemployed. VICE is trying to push a certain narrative here as usual to fit their US govt. agenda.
But they did mention that...
True they're not talking about all the Crime drugs and prostitution that's comes with the refugees crisis, thousands of those refugees could be harden criminals, Trinidad has its own list of problems, with drugs, gangs, and now refugees the police and military tiny budget cannot deal with these new issues.
you right you guys can't take care of others peoples problems you guys are doing the right thing and looking out for your own people i respect how your peoples government put the interest of your own people first. trinidad and tobago shouldn't be involved in others people problems they should be left alone.
Trinidad also have there owned oil industry so it's not like they completely depend on Venezuela but yes Trinidad is made up of two small island Trinidad and Tobago it is a small country and they do not have a huge economy for the gentleman is correct the influx of refugees the economy is not equipped to handle however these countries that is invading and causing the problem in Venezuela why is it borders in not open to handle Refugee ask that question the doors remain closed in those country who are causing the refugee problem
nobody is entitled to anything, Trinidad and Tobago shouldn't be forced to open its borders
@jack ramirez elaborate
Exactly. Trinidad is not the European Union.
Interesting because we say the same thing about yall and other islanders when you come to the u.s. 🤔
Okay they are rude asf to be attacking my country Trinidad.
@@Lil08103 And we as island nations and Afrocentric nations should say that to Europeans, the Americans, and the Chinese whenever they come and steal our resources so we could give the same opportunity to our people that the United States is able to give to their people.
I must say this is misleading. Trinidad has given jobs to almost 50% of the refugees that came into the country. The government can't do anything due to the UN and agreements made by Trinidad and Venezuela. But the citizens has aided in giving jobs, and even sharing homes with them.
They even taking we man too
it is not misleading.
Private citizens are helping.
The government of T&T is not.
@@avibhagan really? who came up with the registration process sir? that is a piece of humanitarianism unprecedented in any part of the word. And I'm sure you are aware that the Venezuela migrant crisis has not been the only crisis in the last 12 years
Exactly they need to stop spreading this propaganda
*0:16** just look at and compare the two size of the countries, they need to go somewhere else, Trinidad is too small.*
Racist
*I'm speaking from an economic point of view, Trinidad's small economy cannot handle this crisis, there's plenty of South American Countries 20,30,50 times larger than Trinidad they can go to, If you look at the refugee crisis worldwide, Trinidad is the smallest country of them all, and has already taken in over 40,000 Venezuelans.*
@@W..949 how is that remotely racist, i recommend you google the definition
Thomas T so where is this energy against the immigrants arriving from
India, Nigeria, and syria ?
"They need to go somewhere else" IM SCREAMING DHSKDHKSHDKDGSJD😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Wait, Trinidadians cannot find work but someone is proposing work permits for Venezuelans? What exactly are they going to find a job in a small country that can barely employ it's own citizens? Speak to any Trini who is out of work, it's next to impossible to find even the most menial jobs.
I facing this struggle rn 😪
Pathetic comment T&T still remains unemployment rate of 4% is an industrial island already has 110.000 illegal immigrates But work is not issue here it's health care and housing that puts locals under pressure.
@coptic777 how can we closed our borders? If we had opv's that the last administration cancelled would help other than that they are coming through the ports legally but staying illegally
We must accept them with open arms but look at how they treat the darker skined venezulans in venezuela
Trinidadians firing their own people for these venes and this is very scary.
Trinidad is helping these people and the first world countries are doing what?
1st world don't want them and aren't obligated to take them.
Arresting and detaining them at the border while rushing to build a wall.
as usual..plundering them. Trinidad will not lose over time from helping as they can in this issue. I don't know if Ven develop refining capacity since but all the refining used to be done in Titty for necessary gas and fuels for Ven. Ven Needs Titty desperately.
for that reason Titty could never split with Ven regardless of how bad the situation get with the USA. it would leave Ven in desperate straits. as a neighbor in the belly of Ven imagine what that would do for their future locked together grographically
God bless you Kelly.
@@lil06fab I see terrist trump call his people
Omfg those islands can not support those numbers of refugees.
Tell me how. There have been so many layoffs from big companies recently, even the oil industry. I really don't know where all these Vez are going to work. I know that they will all be living in very crowded quarters to survive because good housing is not cheap.
I love watching Vice until this video. You are expecting a small island of Trinidad, with their own issues, to take on loads of refugees?!!?!? Have you looked into the history of Trinidad, the strenuous relationship they have with Venezuela already or their economy to say that they could take on the tall order of opening their doors to refugees? Have you all just looked and the size of Trinidad?!?!? Where are they putting these ppl?!?!? This was one sided, poor reporting. Very disappointed!
Agreed 100%
Agreed 100%
A black American, i don't expect for you to understand what it like for a non black American Life be and show kindness neither white Americans
RECORD STORE Awww!!! There were so many assumptions in your response. The reporting is very one sided. It didn’t dive into the political relationship between the two countries. It didn’t discuss the hardships Trinidad is already facing. Your claim of me being ignorant and probably an assumption that I’m a black American with no DEEP roots to TNT is reaching. If it was a balanced story, I would have been fine with it, but it wasn’t. 🇹🇹
@@recordstore2265 ?
Mass migration from Venezuela would continue to happen even if tomorrow it became 'stable'. Venezuela has 30mil people. T&T has ~1.5mil. If 1% of Venezuela migrates to Trinidad, that's 1/5 of our population. Their flow into the country would definitely put a further toll on our already strained infrastructure. Wouldn't be surprised if, in 30 years, Trinidad is a legitimate bilingual state.
As a trini I refuse to share.
Dr. Valmiki Seecheran the world in changing like in USA Spanish is now like a second language almost everybody speaks it.
I am Trinidadian an this is so misleading.
How so? They also skewed the last stories on Haiti and Venezuela
Welcome to Vice! Where agendas come first, feelings second, facts third.
Exactly.
Are you? I think their alot of white supremacists roaming around the comment section trying to use this news story as a spearhead and evidence to promote xenophobic and racist policies that hurt minorities, refugees and immigrants within their respective countries of origin.
I’m half Trinidadian I don’t get how this is true. I grew up in a Trinidadian household and know everything about the country
Ppl of a small nation can only help so much...
Titty have to help a lot more man. there is no choice but to. those 2 countries are locked up in several crucial ways that literally determines the nature of their relationship. Titty in a Spanish embrace it cant get out of. they will merge in time..just watch
Not just Venezuelans, we have had illegal Guyanese, Jamaicans, Nigerians amongst others living here for years. We don't actively look for people to deport but our resources are spread very thin. An open door policy is not what the public wants. If you come here you exist in the gray area, thats as much as we can give, this is also a third world country........
stacy G trinidad is a 3rd world country?
@@ThankGodForAtheism420 It's a developing nation, developed is the plan, so yea third world
I agreed with except for the third world part u should look up the word third world which does apply to T&T
evans Andall you mean does not?
No it's not, its 4th on GDP ...Trinidad and Tobago is the third wealthiest country in the Caribbean as well as the fourth-richest country by GDP (PPP) per capita in the Americas. It is recognised as a high-income economy by the World Bank. Unlike most of the English-speaking Caribbean
I like how you guys changed the name of the video, from how the Venezuelans putting so much strain in the country, but then you changed it, to make it look like if Trinidad is somehow causing the suffering of the refugees...
Nice propaganda...
VICE is liberal left wing Anti Trump, Pro illegal immigration PROPAGANDA always has and always will be.
Same thing they do with the Dominican Rep and the arrival of haitians
I really hate how vice change the narrative painting trinidad and tobago as evil . I'm hispanic and you guys are doing the best you can for these people. vice should apologize to you guys.
It is causing suffering.
I agree that vice is causing suffering in financial aid . They want other countries to fell sorry for them and think that Trinidad is a bad country. Trinidad does their best to help other countries . Venezuelans should fix their problems instead of running away from them . A lot of love for Trinidad people from 🇭🇳🇹🇹
Trinidad is a small island and thus can only handle so much when it comes to the intake of Venezuelans. Its economy also largely depends on oil and gas which is why the government made their decision to stay neutral very clear.This video to me seems like a very distorted version of events that are happening in the country right now.
Yea its like vice is trying to force TNT, to choose sides, when TNT would be screwed in either side they choose, the only thing TNT government want, is this crisis to be over, send those refugees home and continue their're business receiving their oil and gas from Venezuela TNT economy depends on.
soon we'd wake up and there would be more of them than us.
Same thing is happening in Chile. And Chile is so far for Venezuelans yet they’re still making it there and causing a lot of trouble for the locals in the north and native communities.
This is the American liberal perspective. Which doesn't consider anything beyond basic humanitarian issues. So this video is severely lacking in any real perspective when it comes to economics and the health of nation states.
This is a bit bias information against T&T by vice didn't highlight Trinidadians fishermen being robbed or kidnap a sea by Venezuelan pirates.
evans Andall now this is news
Really!?! I never thought of this
factschecked #dall# Andall
The news story showed people in T&T as caring and helpful to refugees. Also I’m not sure what rock you have been under but vice news has done like 50 stories on all the messed up things wrong with Venezuela and it’s government.
You need thicker skin. No country is perfect no government is perfect. If news only talked about how wonderful a place was that would be Propaganda not news.
Well this story isn't about pirates. It's about refugees. Go find the ire other videos. They can't put everything in one video. Gorm. We sickening as a people dread. Perspectives hoss
@@msoda8516 well that probably the dumbest thing I would expect someone to comment on each life matter and is very important, fishermens continue to held and killed for ransom by Venezuelans u talking about having thick skin ,I live in Trinidad believe I'm more aware of Venezuela crisis than u or those so called foriegn mainstream media and corrupted American news outlet that only highlight regime change for Venezuelan
Vice news is a US News outlet that isn't where u goes to get accurate and honest reporting of news on Venezuela do the Venezuelans in T&T looks like refugees? Where are U.N. agency spokesperson ? Where are the refugee camps? Simplest of questions u ask yourselves but u here talking crap blah blah blah big empty vessels, this is just one of many delusional videos that hasn't even touch the real issues of Venezuela
I would suggest u leave T&T to handle our migrants problems because no manipulation of facts can hide US government illegal interference of the sovereign state of Venezuela,US continue sanctions that place this peaceful region in chaos.empires /white supremacy
I really don’t understand why some people expect to be taken care of foreign governments. They need to fix their own countries first.
Easy for you to say. You never have experienced their shitty country and authoritarian government.
Exactly
Trinidad is way too small to be saving anyone. It’s an island of less than 2 million people, who don’t have jobs themselves,
Exactly
Vice should start focusing on unbiased reporting. Furthermore where was vice when guardia de nacional was raffing aka ' falsely arresting' our fishermen in 'their' waters and detaining them in sub human conditions. Vice should focus on vice backyard and not come all the way here to mine what is in ours.
👏👏Well said!They are trying to make us look bad,They wouldn't say that we too are going through a economic crisis,thousands have lost their jobs Petrotrin closing Down,Tstt,banks closing down multiple branches. I think Vice needs to focus on the fact that their president and many Americans hate Mexicans and dont want them crossing their border.They are all Hypocrites trying to tear down a small island
@@cpollack6261 go back to school.
Exactly
Can we still acknowledge how great this teacher is. God bless her
Silvany khoul. There are Trinidadian families who could have been blessed by this sort of generosity as well. Charity (should) begins at home. ..
@@patriceinglesbirth I didnt say Venezuelans deserve help and Trinis dont. I just think its great to have those people out there who help and care for others.
Silvany khoul. I also didn't say it wasn't nice and kind :-) However, my personal fullsperience with my own daughter allows me to express my difficulties while searching for not only the availability, but affordability for such specific educational needs. Consequently I choose to volunteer often as a music therapy tutor & foster learning through music and the Arts in 'high risk' areas, and have been Involved in a couple humanitarian initiatives geared toward national preservation and youth development for our little ones whose parents cannot afford to, or may need encouragement and guidance on manifesting better futures for them, other than what they have come to believe will/should be their way of life.
There are individuals who've 'migrated' whi have skills such as teachers who can not only be utilized within Trinbago while they are here, but are also free to create the circles for the education of their little ones whilst they are here. but yes, she is kind hearted. I will visit her.
@@patriceinglesbirth I do share your opinion on this.
Oh please I feel no fking remorse they helping outsiders before they help their own.. pathetic
Why doesn’t Vice do a video on how most Muslim countries ignore the Syrian refugees and turn them away?
That's very true
I think part of it can be traced back to one of Vices founders.
the whataboutism
GiVer do you realize what a bigoted unfounded comment that was? If I said white people were selfish you would lose your mind.
Err, the vast, vast, vast, vast majority of Syrian refugees are in Muslim countries.
Dude you need to re- check where you're getting this information. They are not living underground
The guy is Hispanic, so of course he would be bias. He is also lazy and Same way a English speaking Caribbean people would be if it the situation reversed.
Vice just get local people in the region or different language speaking Americans to make a video, and put the vice name on it. Most of these people are not even trained reporters who can research and look into the the reasons by a situation is the way it really is.
Its not really what Vice thinks.
This is not Trinidad and Tobago problem this is a fault or Europe, USA and Canada put heavy sanction on Ve Venezuela for years.
No it’s the fault of a dictator who tried dictating prices and destroying aid from other countries
No, Its Hugo Chavez & Nicolas Maduro.
DK1 I think you guys are being forced because Trump doesn't want them coming to the USA they are on an anti immigrant/refugee stance. So vice is trying to guilt trip here. Just my guess.
So let me lay 2 points to highlight the BS in this clip...1) venezuela has leverage over trinidad because of a gas deal? Soooo what about Venezuelan owned Citgo which imports vene oil to the US. If those imports stop gasoline prices in the US will skyrocket. 2) if the vene population is so underground why there is no fear by the Preschool teacher showing she is helping venezuelans and they are living in her basement?!?
Well said!
Ah wounder if Trinidad end up in a crisis, would they welcome us as we welcomed them??? Food for thought. #staywoke
they already have, reading is fundamental
Yes, when you're neighbor is in need, you do something to help, but when it comes to receiving thousands of refugees, Trinidad and its budget is to small to handle this type of crisis.
Thousands of Trinidadians has had migrated to Venezuela in decades ago. I personally have Venezuelan born friends whose parents are Trinidadians.
Your population is so much smaller, the impact would not be as great.
Timothy: Venezuela welcomed thousands of Trinidadians in the '80s, '90s and even the '00s when the Venezuelan economy was in better shape. Trinidadians received legal status and worked in Venezuela. Many of them teaching English. I lived in Venezuela for 15yrs, so I am saying this with certainty.
Trinidad and Tobago is a tiny country and the number of Venezuelans arriving is a strain on the economy. But a little compassion is all that they ask for. One good turn deserves another.
Man, Trinidad is tiny mate. They already have 1 million people and they can’t take much more.
When Venezuela was doing well, the Guardia National would shoot holes in Trinidadian fisher men’s boats in Trinidadian waters, and leave them there. How now all these boats are making it from Venezuela to Trinidad?
I have friends in Trinidad who have it hard trying to find work, no one seem to Google a map. Trinidad can fit inside Venezuela prob 200 times n still have space in between. This is math. It does not compute as a resolution for AN ISLAND, Ah FRIGGIN ISLAND TO RESCUE AH Blasted COUNTRY. .. SENSELESSNESS.
I totally agree with your comment, this video is misleading....many hard working trinidadians have lost their jobs because of Venezuelans.I am now seeing Venezuelans with Trinidadian ID cards (identity theft ).
Trinidad is several times larger than Hong Kong, and Trinidad is also a country which happens to be an island that while not attached is still part of the American continent unlike Venezuela, Guyana and Belize which are mainland American countries, so just to clarify, Trinidad is indeed a country and while nowhere near the size of Venezuela, they can take at least some refugees, which they already have, the real problem lies with the leaders of Trinidad, more people is fine but need to limit the amount of people doing public sector jobs, those people are just consuming Trinidadian oil money, when the oil stops they don't get paid, that's exactly what Venezuela did. They need to diversify their economy in a major way, those Venezuelans need to be farmers, traders and businessmen as do most of Trinidadians, the government has made the citizenry too reliant on getting a government job, or private contracted government jobs, whenever that happens a nation stagnates, people get lazy, no innovation happens, and that country will rely on others to produce goods and services to be paid for with their finite oil money, its just terrible leadership.
@@narwhal777 I say anything about Hong Kong?. Trinidad is not part of America. Yuh wish. But then u point out so much things that need to be improved so the people that is actually from Trinidad can get better jobs so yet we still stand with the fact that Trinidad cant take on and should not have to be guilted by someone who clearly ain't giving shyt to the same people....Why u dont take on some people in your crib, I'm sure u have space...
@@narwhal777 It's now 1 month since your post. I'm curious to hear your perspective since the country's reception of 60,000 refugees.
@ BECAUSE, I SAY SO, yes, Trinidad is not part of the Americas. I love your comment.
To be fair it's Trinidad so there isn't much to give anyways
True the country only has resources and jobs for its own people due to its small size.
But unlike Amerikkka, they give what they can.
@@therealgodessisis5004 Don't come for America because it's huge and every immigrant is trying to break in. They help other countries.
@@therealgodessisis5004 Correct.
@@therealgodessisis5004 America has saved more asses than your arse will ever count.
The name of this video alone shows how biased VICE is in this report presented. Trinidad is also VERY SMALL compared to Venezuela. We're literally like a dot compared to them. There's only so many we can accommodate.
ALSO Trinidad and Tobago has been experiencing a recession for the past 4 years, which resulted in many small businesses shutting down, leading to the first small wave of unemployment.
In 2018 THOUSANDS of Trinidadians got laid off due to the closure of....Petrotrin (National Oil Company) and TSTT (Telecommunications Company). This was the 2nd wave of unemployment which was much WORSE than the previous one.
WHY WAS NONE OF THIS MENTIONED??
Also Trinidad sign a deal with Venezuela to receive more oil and gas but due to the U.S. sanctions with Venezuela, allot of people in Trinidad is losing their jobs, in the oil industry.
jason4275 seriously
@@afromoreno7460 No that did not contribute to unemployment in the oil & gas sector. The T&T govt shut & closed down Petrotrin. They claimed it was losing money but there were many allegations of corruption taking place among certain ministers and businessmen involved the company. There is more to this story.
@@afromoreno7460 also Prime Minister made his secret dragon gas deal with Maduro so we have no idea what took place between those 2.
gullywog thanks for the info im from trinidad as well
If they're refugees or asylum seekers everyone around the world that's doing bad economically is and asylum seeker.
My parents and I came to America from Dominica (not Dominican Rep.) 20+ yrs ago because they economy sucked (and still does) where's our special status?
Little Caribbean countries with barely surviving economies cannot expect to support Venezuela.
We can’t support everyone! It’s a sad situation but the government needs to meet the needs of the TRINI people first
Who can blame them from wanting to have Trinidad And Tobago for it's own people.
True there's nothing wrong with nationalism when you're country is one of the smallest in the world, and is unable to handle a migrant crisis.
The Indians were brought to work on the plantations because the Africans did not want to do it after they ended their four years to pay for their freedom after 1834. The plantation owners brought the indenture laborers from India, Portugal and the China to work the land. Who was there then to talk about anybody? Have you missed out on something here?
Aye Captain! Whey Tintin?
Seriously how do you blame a tiny Island for doing what they can!
If you heard the Machel Montano in the beginning raise yuh hand nuh 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹
Raquel Mary lol where are you from?? I think It takes a trained island girls ear to pick up on those details
Trinidad is too small I'm of Venezuelan decent and even I know how the struggle is my cousins have come across and people need to take into consideration the strain on both sides
Trinidad is better than the other neighbors I heard many Venezuelans were getting shot at and deterred by authorities from Brazil, Guyana, and on certain areas on the Colombian border. This why countries we need to be good neighbors to help each other in a crisis this is for the entire world.
As a Trinidadian my hearts aches to see the treatment given to the Venezuelans here . Their women are being abused in the most vicious ways . I really hope their country recover and they return to their homeland because here no one cares about them .
Just with reading the comments I felt the xenophobia, I can't imagine how are the things actually for Vnzlans in T&T. My country also has its share of xenophobic people but those who are empathetic to Venezuelans are more imo.
Absolute nonsense, not worse than how they treat Blacks and Indians in their countries. The Vens are getting a much better reception in a country where it pops off on the streets. I haven't heard reports of Vens being Knocked off by any Trinidadians. So... Explain that
Go Home 🤬
I'm a Trinidadian and everyone mistaken me for a venezuelian
Don’t be ungrateful appreciate wat our small island doing for you. Your country don’t have nada to give you.
Thanks Deb!!!
My country:Aruba also gets allot a refugees from Venezuela, the children are usually allowed to go to school and the parents allowed to work; illegally of course. It’s starting to cause a big problem, because the small country of Aruba can’t handle so many people.
Vice News needs to foot the bill to take care of the refugees they so desperately want to help. Most Trinidadians are giving people but they are also struggling to make ends meet in their own lives.
Very nice island can’t wait to go back - at least Venezuelans are being able to stay so far
🤮🤮🤮
Solidarity between Caribbean
@@marlene97280 ok?
Lol Yh them Trini man like dirt cheap cat they can afford it
Tell me, who's taking care of the Trinidadians? Who's taking care of their poor? Why should Trinidad take care of the Venezuelans?
As a trinidadian i have to put my 2 cents.. As a small country who is going through a serious period where they are sending home workers instead of hiring and a lot of people are finding it hard to get a job... we do not have enough funds to take them in. Why not hightlight that local Fishermen are being killed and kidnapped and held for ransom .. and threatened. We are already a very small island who is struggling to take care of their own people. We simply cannot afford them. At least we are not sending them back and being harsh but you need to understand... they need to help and supply for their own before they can do it for outsiders.
Why is it that Vice only makes videos talking about just the negative things in Trinidad and Tobago?
Edit: A lot of y'all missing the point. I'm not saying they wrong for doing this video or anything like that, I'm just saying I haven't seen a video of them talking about the good things in Trinidad
There're angry that Trinidad, is not taking sides in what going on in Venezuela
@@jason4275 I know but my point is They never put out videos talking about the good things about T&T
@@Flowersinatub So? They saw a problem and they highlighted it. Its journalism.
@@raindrizzle14 it not journalism. its establishment talking points u simple simon
@@raindrizzle14 I made an observation about what they chose to speak on about Trinidad I never criticised their journalism skills
Vice u got it wrong again. Most if not 100% T rinis welcome n support the Venezuelans. Our present government has assiduously managed our economy in the midst of low oil n gas prices. We have to be a very caring people to welcome over 60000 extras in our lsnd. I am not seeing any starving Venezuelans here tho despite our limited resources as a nation. May God bless T&T
Change that "100%". I hate these immigrants. Most people only want them here for sex
@@janaekelis Agreed. GO BACK HOME!
this is why vice isn’t respected...
education is an important thing for kids
The biggest rules of life, is not what you know, but who you know, if you have connections, you have better access than someone with a better education.
So much here that we spend 80% of our childhood learning😒
This video is heavily flawed. Trinidad can’t handle such a crisis for such a small country. And Venezuela is not holding Trinidad hostage over oil and gas (a Bloomberg article laughed at the treaty but this is the problem journalist without research). The bigger issue is emerging...the weaker islands further up will also be faced with this issue.
Very misleading news it should be blocked and that local man fired for playing politics with our lives.
Is there a longer version to this? There is a lot left out
The Trinidadian teacher had such a charming Caribbean accent. Makes me think of the Pirates of the Caribbean character that had this accent. Like a Jamaican accent but definitely unique.
Ok thanks jamacians accents are heavier less understandable to some we are more clear in pronouncements of words .
The Trinidad accent is very unique it is a sing song accent very similar to the welsh accent it sounds nothing like a Jamaican accent
@@factscheckeddall4221 to a trinidadian yes but to others no & us in Jamaica don't all have one way of talking.
Boooy ....true Trini ...vice hul yuh mc I not trying to be diplomatic like the others and sprinkle sugar on it most of our citizen poor ,trying to make ends meet.....
Let me help you with that title vice: "Trinidad and Tobago forced to deal with U.S. created venezuelan migrant crisis".
Yes, Trinidad is a small country and is unable to accommodate all the people coming in who need help. As far as I could see, the people of Trinidad, especially for a very small island, was way more welcoming than in other countries, when it came to people entering illegally. They were also doing the best they could with limited resources. What is not okay, is your "North American vibe" of causing a division among "Caribbean neighbors". The video comes off as if the country it self, is the problem, when States, as large as they are in the north of the Americas, aren't that welcoming to people who migrate there as well. Bring attention to your own issues in your backyard before you come for others. You all don't come from a good place when highlighting issues like this. How is highlighting this going to help the people affected?? All it's going to do, is cause economic, racial and social friction among the islands... sounds familiar?
Honestly it’s a lot on our economy many Trinidad live below poverty
Trinidad and Tobago can't take in all these people .we can't even handle the problems with our own people
Trinidad And Tobago, needs to stay neutral, Venezuelan is our neighbor trading pardner and *we still need their're resources like oil and gas,* we never had any problems with them, but still, _Trinidad took in 60,000 Venezuelans_ TNT is too small of a country, to take in all these immigrants from Venezuela, and to make things worse we don't even speak the same language as them, so some of them might suffer some abuse form the local population or end up being exploited.
Just help them and stfu
Them Venes rell like theyself for carnival!! Could of fooled me that they were strugging in T&T. Anyways all jokes aside, our govt is depending on the gas deal to pay for hospitals education and social benefits, Trinidadians are one of the most welcoming people on earth and we would love to help. Sadly the US and Maduro are making it harder for us to lend assistance. I wish the thousand of illegals living here the best.
I'm a Trinidadian and most of this story is untrue. Trinidad and Tobago is still helping as much people as they can, but we can't take everyone because it's small island and other various reasons. They are resister for cards to work here like an average citizen, so they can provide for their families.
Oh that's what going on Trinidad in a lot of trouble.Those Venezuelans not going back home they're the first generation of Venezuelans Trinidadians.
ghost life you mean Venedadians 😀😃😄😁😢😅😂🤣🇻🇪🇹🇹
Come on VICE, do better. This is biased reporting, Trinidad and Tobago are small islands. The people are kind too, but what do you expect them to do when they are trying to survive themselves?
Another let's talk about the symptom not the actual problem video from Vice, not surprised.
They talked about the actual problem already. I suppose you don't read because they have a whole article on their website.
@Jaleel Grove I read things called books, maybe you've heard of them?
@@darksaint0124 Well that's your problem. there's a wealth of information on almost everything on the internet and twits like you only use the internet to go on facebook and numb your brain.
OK! So that everyone knows. 15,000 Venezuelans have been granted right to work in Trinidad and Tobago. Plus the other 45,000 now enjoy the anonymous privileges that came with that single move. Welcome to our Venezuelan brothers and sisters. Viva Venezuela!!!
This is not true.
What would be a great initial coverage point is the US sanctions and trade embargo on Venezuela. VICE did a real sub standard episode here.
Sweet Sweet T&T 💕
Talk about the current situation in Syria.
TheRedBaron nobody cares
Assad is winning and the Western supported terrorist groups are losing.
This video is not about Syria. Wrong channel.
Hi all,
It's refreshing to see this outside of Latinamerica. I am Panamañian born and the Venezuelans that have come into the Republic of Panama equates around to a total of 725,000 people. They can buy houses, get any job they want, enroll their kids anywhere for schooling and even buy cars. They can practice law and become doctors stealing the jobs from Panamañians who are skilled. They have contributed to our heavy as it is traffic and even have resorted to theft, looting and violence among the nation's locals.
The useless government now entitles them to our local social security and while the US and Europe are now blocking their borders for any Venezuelan to enter and saturate the nation, our useless president and his wife openly declared on the news last week that those Venezuelan illegals can come here and settle. It messes with a country's standard of living and today in Panama we make lines for every single thing causing delays and hours in traffic or in line.
Even to buy a newspaper means you have to wait. It's a global problem, it is an epidemic and is like a turmoil waiting to overthrow the nation. Many thanks for sharing your reality as it is in Panama. What a bad dream.
END TIMES people. End Times.This is happening all over the world , look up for our redemption is drawing close.
This is like the situation in The Bahamas with the influx of Haitians. A small country like the Bahamas can only do so much for such a small country and many illegals are already there.
Kelly Langdon is a hero. True humanitarian
I wonder if Guyana is experiencing an influx of people?
And I wonder why they don't go there,no seas to cross...hmmmm?????????????????? :/
I tried googling it but only got 1 result from 2018 stating 2800. This year the figure is most likely higher......But I can bet the T&T has more Venezuelans by the THOUSANDS.
My cousin who is Guyanese said they have 6,000 but I don't know where he got this from. So I don't know if it is true. I know that there are a lot of Brazilians in Guyana now.
@@Trinavara the border between Guyana and Venezuela is all dense jungle . It would be much harder to cross
Its Venezuelas problem
We're not ignoring it. Our current govt is. We already have such strained public systems esp healthcare. I don't understand why we as a people aren't standing up for ourselves.
Adults are working and kids do get education. I'm sure a venezuelan will get preference over trinis when it comes to covid. They come on boats illegally and most end up staying. Whilst our own people are on the brink of homelessness abroad because of the govt
Trinidad and Tobago is small like a mole compared to other' countries...and we have over 40 thousand Venezuela people's here already..why can america be more kind and other countries and help the Venezuela people's..how much our government can do..Here trini seeing so much trouble already..please be kind to the Venezuela people's and opened your borders for them also..my prayers are with the Venezuela people's..👏💜
Trinidad cannot fix their own issues let alone this big problem. Venezuelan here can all get work b.c trinis don't want to work.
@coptic777 I must not be that bright? I employ Venezuelans and pay them very well. They are willing to show up on time not complain and do the proper work. I know so many that have done well. There are lots of them who might get paid minimum wage but they know how to adapt faster than the avg working class trini
I actually had a business where we paid the local trinis salaries they have never ever seen before. They left their jobs from 17tt per hour to 9000 tt a month once we see potential.
It was so rewarding to make a difference. So I thought. They stole hundreds of thousands from us and we closed. When we told them we closing up do you know what one staff member said? "we "ni**as messed this up". You must not be from Trinidad or owned a business here but labour force is an epidemic that cannot be fixed. When you own a business you need reliable people not when it rains they don't show up.
Try again? Do I need your approval?
Why did you want to leave than? Why don't you come back and help your fellow county men and women?
It's easy to have and opinion behind a computer but hard to come up with a solution.
How does it take 3 hours in a boat to travel 7 miles from Venazuela to T&T?
Im a trini and trust me on the south coast you can literally see the outline of Venezuela from there. They're very close to us
They use those small slow one engine Fishing boat, not speeds boat.
If it was Haitians tho...
I can already imagine...
What ?
Venezuela has close to 4 million refugees more than twice the size of our population of 1.5 million. As you correctly said proportionately relative to our country's size we have taken in more than those South American countries with 60k plus refugees' We aren't a country with unlimited resources like the USA. Hell on a World Scale we are a very small nation. I think we are trying to be of assistance to the Venezuelan refugees and we do feel for them but our resources are very limited.
The USA does not have unlimited resources 🤣. I live here and can confirm that trust me.No country does.
I am from Trinidad as much as you think Trinidad is a rich country, we are not, we are currently facing crisis due to unemployment. The small country is under strain with such drastic changes in population constantly, you are asking, no! Your not asking, you are forcing us to ignore our own citizens that can barely be supported to due to our circumstances, to support outsiders, we are a country bound on supporting every creed and race as stated in our national anthem but I beg you to have understanding, open your eyes to the reality of the situation, a small country as my own has received the most Venezuelans as stated in the video and you hear them say too its much better than thier privious circumstances, that's all we can do, give them a better circumstance, may not be the best, but we too as a people aren't in the best circumstances so how can we offer it, as this situation is at hand we are currently in recession, there is only so much we can do. It's humanity to help but it's also humanity to understand and rationalize. What we need is help, we need help in helping these people, countries such as Panama aided in helping and they are not quite positively affected, much less for a small country such as my own. Remember there are two sides to a story and most statements are souly based on prospective. Read the comments of my people and try to understand what they are facing. Its easy to judge when your outside of the problem especially when shown such a miss leading video as this one.
By the way sixty thousand isa a kind of high figure.
Man its a lil sad hearing a different perspective on our country with respect to Venezuelans as a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago I am "now" informed of something that has been wrongly perceived by me and many other citizens, knowledge is the food and I shall eat I cannot strongly have an impact now but my vision is not only for my country not only for the world but for the entire fate of humanity. Being young and intelligent has no benefit but depression. Hope I guess☺
Vice are we really expecting small over populated poor countries to open there borders. Now waaaooow 😐 send a million of them to fiji and let them work
T&T is a high income economy isn't a poor country third wealthiest in the Caribbean forth in the Americas please check facts befor making wrong statements but understand where u may try to come from
@@factscheckeddall4221 I am from Trinidad as much as you think Trinidad is a rich country, we are not, we are currently facing crisis due to unemployment. The small country is under strain with such drastic changes in population constantly, you are asking, no! Your not asking, you are forcing us to ignore our own citizens that can barely be supported due to our circumstances, to support outsiders, we are a country bound on supporting every creed and race as stated in our national anthem but I beg you to have understanding, open your eyes to the reality of the situation, a small country as my own has received the most Venezuelans as stated in the video and you hear them say too its much better than thier privious circumstances, that's all we can do, give them a better circumstance, may not be the best, but we too as a people aren't in the best circumstances so how can we offer it, as this situation is at hand we are currently in recession, there is only so much we can do. It's humanity to help but it's also humanity to understand and rationalize.
But what i find so amazing is that people is just walking into MY country easy easy easy .
What should they use to help them?!! They’re a tiny island nation which is in the developing world and have problems of their own!!!
The Venezuelans going to Trinidad are from the Northeast, AKA the part of the country that is suffering the most scarcity. People can't even eat garbage there, they're eating roots. To go to Brazil and Colombia, they would have to rely on a crappy public transportation system and dangerous roads full of thieves. I see why they would rather go to nearby Trinidad.
I am lost for words right now; what’s going on with my country lord. I just cannot write a comment at this time. All I can do is pray for my country of Trinidad 🇹🇹
Lame
Hopefully these refugees are able to move to another country with enough land and resources to support them. This is why many refugees from the ME go to Europe because their neighbors may be stable, but they also lack the resources to support them and are also on the brink of political/economic collapse.
Many times its the powerful nations that cause these countries to collapse, and the people fleeing is a consequence of these powerful nations destabilizing them for resources.
Developing nations shouldn't have to face the consequences of the greed of these world powers while said world powers close their eyes. BUT, the police in Trinidad are very corrupt and shameless and should be punished for what they're doing.
Trinidad taking care of their OWN !!!!!!!!!!
I am Trinidadian. This video is such a crock. Most of them coming in get involved in all manner of unsavory criminal activities. My formerly peaceful village store was robbed at gun point by five of them. Two old people run it. Shameless. Throw them back in the sea. We don't want them here.
For years they have shot and killed or put in their jails trinidadian fishermen who drafted across their borders from boat trouble or to fish and now we need to help them... honestly I feel like they could help women and children and send all the males back.
Had the shoe been on the other foot would Venezuela open its arms to thousands of Trinidadian refugees ? We are always trying to be everyone’s savior.
They aren’t ignoring it!
Wow! Did not realize so many Venezuelans are in TT. That island is very small. Some are going to GUYANA too but no as much as TT. Hopefully they will start getting help from Govt.
This is so wrong, Trinidad is not in a state to help a country but still Trinidad is helping them,the Venezuelans are being treated more like Trinidadians than we the real Trinidadians are being treated even tho MOST OF THE VENEZUELANS ARE HERE ILLEGALLY, we Trinidadians need help ourselves, look at the size of Venezuela and Trinidad and most of the Venezuelans are coming here , thousands of people here have lost our jobs here in Trinidad recently but it have jobs for those thousands of Venezuelans here? Like wtf that's so stupid and so unfair to we Trinis, The Venezuelans are getting to work here for a whole year and they don't need job experience, the food cards that some Trinidadians depend on cause they don't have jobs they want to take it away from them and give it to the Venezuelans, now the Venezuelans here are on strike for food here,that is the most stupid thing I have ever heard of,how the hell can someone from another country go on strike on someone elses country and demand for food and jobs when we the Trinidadians need help ourselves, it should be Trinidadians going on strike not them, the Venezuelans are getting so much help from Trinidad yet you're saying that Trinidadians are not helping them, they are getting away from coming here illegally,they are getting free treatment from hospitals and getting it quickly when Trinidadians have to wait days in there to get a hospital bed, they are getting to work here for a whole year but you are bad talking Trinidad?...Trinidadians who have degrees, distinctions in lots of subjects are not getting jobs here in Trinidad our own country but the Venezuelans are saying that the ones who don't like them being here are people who " are not educated,do not have jobs and woman depending on they man" what kind of bullshit is that,we are educated,we don't depend on other people, you and the Venezuelans are saying that Trinidadians are not letting Venezuelans go to school here,how the hell can they come to school here when this is a ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRY,well island, there not many people here in Trinidad who can speak Spanish, Trinidad has done so so so much for them but still they want more, that is selfish..., why don't you talk about how they brought a disease to Trinidad, why don't you talk about how they are coming here illegally and demanding the Trinidadians to help them, why don't you talk about how they brought weapons to Trinidad, why don't you talk about how the Venezuelans are killing and beating the Trinidadians here,why don't you talk about how the Trinidadian woman wanted to help a Venezuelan woman and the Trinidadian women brought her to her home with a good mind and the Venezuelan woman cut and beat up the Trinidadian woman in her own home,why don't you talk about how the Venezuelans kidnapped some Trinidadian fisher men just cause they were unknowingly fishing in "Venezuelans water's" and they demanded more than 1 million dollars to release them and they still expect us to help them. that is selfish....Why the hell do you think most Venezuelans are coming here to Trinidad, it's cause they are getting away with everything, they are walking freely in Trinidad, not cause it's closer and because of that more Venezuelans will come here in Trinidad, You should be making a video on that also you should be making one on What will happen to Trinidadians now...Since we got a new Prime Minister he has done nothing for us in Trinidad other than fired thousands of Trinidadians from there jobs and blame the previous Prime Minister for everything when the previous Prime Minister was actually helping the Trinidadians when she was elected as the Prime Minister... So really what will happen to Trinidadians. You should be banned from RUclips for giving false information about my island (Trinidad). I couldn't believe that you made this video,saying only negative things about Trinidad,I would have slap the shit out of you for giving false information.
Wise 👍
Ok im Trinidadian and we have a fucking registration office what are you talking about they cant work. We are struggling to keep up with these people, we care but we need some help