TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO IMMIGRATION ARE FOUND LAZY AND IMMIGRATION DIVISION IS NOT EFFECTIVE RESULTED IN LARGE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN THE COUNTRY A complacent Immigration Division and lazy officers are the reasons for the large number of illegal immigrants in Trinidad and Tobago. In an interview with the Sunday Newsday, various immigrants, who claimed they were not illegally in this country, said the Immigration Division was glaringly inefficient in dealing with its paperwork when it came to aliens. These immigrants also accused Immigration Officers of being corrupt, and drunk on either power or laziness, taking their own sweet time to extend work permits, postponing interviews, or changing requirements and criteria without giving reasons. The immigrants say that such actions by immigration officers cause aliens to fall into the illegal category when their documents expire. None of the immigrants interviewed were willing to give their names for this story. On Tuesday last, National Security Minister Gary Griffith said there were 110,012 illegal immigrants in TT with the highest number coming from Guyana, and the second highest number from Jamaica. Previously, in a press release, Griffith said there were over 19,000 Jamaicans who were in the country illegally, that they were dependent on State resources, and are not subject to taxes “which amounts to a loss of revenue of over $1 billion per annum.” While the immigrants interviewed told Sunday Newsday that Griffith may be correct with his figures regarding the number of illegal immigrants, they disagreed that they were costing the State the amount of money he said they were. In fact, they believe immigrants on the whole have helped contribute to this country’s growth.
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 08:37:05 +0000
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