Over 120 Venezuelans to be repatriated on Friday

More than 120 Venezuelans who have remained irregularly in Trinidad and Tobago will be repatriated on Friday.

Various sources and relatives confirmed the information to Newsday on Thursday morning.

Among those who will return to Venezuela are several children, although the exact number is not known.

The ship carrying them is scheduled to depart from the Chaguaramas heliport as one of the repatriations that the TT government has been carrying out, with the consent of the Venezuelan authorities, since the end of 2020.

Several relatives of the returnees said some are in a hurry to return to their country, and many have been waiting for the trip since November.

Last February 27, a humanitarian repatriation flight from Piarco to Caracas, organided by the Venezuelan government, took 96 Venezuelans home.

Since then, the Venezuelan embassy in Port of Spain has continued to receive requests for the next repatriation flight. Although there is no confirmed date, it is estimated that the flight will take place at the end of April.