Attorney Criston Williams has called on Minister of National Security Fitzgerald Hinds to speak out on the alleged sexual assault of a 21-year-old Venezuelan woman while she was being detained at the Chaguaramas Heliport in April. On Sunday, it was reported that the woman claimed to be brutally raped by members of the defence force….
Forty-six of over 90 Venezuelan migrants who were deported last month have returned to this country. And while many of them have returned as they are seeking asylum in other countries, their attorneys have advised them to seek out the T&T Police Service (TTPS) in the interim. In a letter to Commissioner of Police Erla…
A joint exercise which saw several arms of national security working together yesterday morning resulted in 200 Venezuelan nationals being detained after it was discovered they were undocumented. The detainees were held as they partied at a popular bar along the Western Main Road, St James. The group, which included people between the ages of…
AN estimated 200 migrants were detained yesterday morning during a police exercise in St James. In what was described as a joint National Security exercise, as it included members from the Police Service, the Defence Force, and the Immigration Division, around 1.30 a.m. yesterday officials visited a bar along the Western Main Road in St…
After spending 30 days detained at the Heliport in Chaguaramas, a High Court judge has ordered that 64 Venezuelan migrants be released and not be deported pending determination of their application for judicial review. The matter came up for hearing before Justice Ricky Rahim yesterday afternoon. A team of attorneys, including Elton Prescott, SC, as…
ATTORNEYS representing 70 Venezuelans detained at the heliport in Chaguaramas for almost a month have filed a judicial review application which the High Courts have deemed urgent and a hearing has been set although the courts’ are on its annual vacation break. Emergency judge, Justice Avason Quinlan-Williams approved the request for an urgent hearing of…
ATTORNEYS for the group of Venezuelans who are facing deportation after the Court of Appeal halted the temporary reprieve they received earlier this week are again demanding that the National Security Minister direct the chief immigration officer to release their clients. They have also asked that the minister hold his hand on vetoing their conditional…
Scores of Venezuelan nationals were deported yesterday despite pleas from relatives for the State to keep them in this country. From as early as 7 a.m. there was a gathering outside of the Venezuelan Embassy along Victoria Avenue in Port of Spain, as several migrants and caregivers had been given official instructions to bring the…
Venezuelan migrants arrested during a police exercise in St James on July 9 were spared deportation because of an issue with paperwork, Quantum Legal attorney Blaine Sobrian said in a phone interview on Friday. In a press conference on Wednesday, Sobrian and Quantum Legal’s founder CJ Williams said over 100 Venezuelans which included five of…
ATTORNEYS for Venezuelan activist Yesenia Gonzalez have written to the Commissioner of Police for details on a purported raid at her Mt Lambert home on January 4. On January 9, attorneys Criston J Williams and Teriq Smith wrote to Commissioner Erla Harewood-Christopher asking for confirmation that the raid on Gonzalez’s home was carried out by…
