Otto Carrington Senior Reporter otto.carrington@guardian.co.tt Trinidad and Tobago nationals who left the country to fight for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) are reportedly attempting to return home amid escalating violence in war-torn Syria and Iraq, raising urgent legal, security and humanitarian concerns, according to attorney CJ Williams and relatives of those detained….
FAMILIES of almost 50 children who are currently detained at various ISIS detention camps in Syria have filed legal action against the chief immigration officer for an alleged failure to provide them with travel documents so they can have their nationalities verified in their attempts to return to TT. The application for judicial review was…
LESS than an hour after a high court judge stopped the deportation of a Nigerian businessman, immigration officials put him on a plane and sent back home. Lawyers representing Precious Osahon Fred say they intend to pursue contempt of court proceedings against the Chief Immigration Officer (CIO). On Wednesday, at about 5 pm, Justice Carol…
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A High Court judge here has stopped the deportation of a Nigerian national who is married to a Trinidadian. Justice Jacqueline Wilson made the order on Saturday night, hours before 37-year-old Onekachi Eke Aka Emmanuel was due to be deported along with a group of immigrants from West Africa. During…
LAWYERS representing the Jamaican who casually walked out of Piarco Airport last month, after being denied entry into this country, are seeking his release. O’Shane Bailey’s attorneys have been granted a writ of habeas corpus to have immigration officials bring him to court to justify his detention. Justice Mira Dean-Armorer today granted the writ and…
A High Court Judge has ordered the immediate release of 10 minors and four of their mothers from a migrant detention centre at the T&T Coast Guard’s Heliport in Chaguaramas. Delivering a decision at the end of an emergency hearing yesterday, Justice Joan Charles ordered their release as she noted this country’s immigration laws and…
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government says it has deported 160 Venezuelans who had illegally entered the country, In a statement on Saturday night, the Ministry of National Security said that the deportations were carried out in conjunction with the Venezuelan authorities and in compliance with the laws of Trinidad and…
FAMILIES of nationals held at the Al Hol refugee camp in Syria say they are willing to agree to a civil contract for the repatriation of their loved ones and to cover the costs of bringing them home. In a statement, the families said, “We are more than ready to comply with the necessary conditions…
Relatives of two women with eight children and two orphans of a former Islamic State (IS) Trinidadian fighter, who lost a lawsuit over failure of the Ministry of National Security to repatriate them from the Al-Hol refugee camp in north Syria, are now committed to working with national security officials to bring their relatives home….
TWO Appeal Court judges have urged parties to adopt a humane approach in treating a group of Venezuelan immigrants currently detained at the Heliport in Chaguaramas who are challenging their detention The entreaty was made at the hearing of a procedural appeal filed by the State against a judge’s interim order in April in which…
