Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs Dr Amery Browne has refuted what he said were “false claims” made by Opposition Senator Wade Mark that amendments to the Immigration Act would open the flood gates for regional “migrants”.

Speaking at a media conference on Thursday, Mark said the United National Congress (UNC) will not support the Immigration (Caribbean Community Skilled Nationals) Amendment Bill, 2022, which is scheduled to be debated in the Upper House next Tuesday.

Minister Browne condemned Mark’s “irresponsible, inflammatory, and untruthful remarks" which he said could jeopardise Trinidad and Tobago’s standing in the Caribbean Community, and do grave disservice to the country's private sector which holds the largest market share of intra-regional trade.

He added that that the expansion of the skills categories for free movement being put into legislation will further expand opportunities for Trinidad and Tobago nationals and nationals of other CARICOM states to work in participating Member States in the region, and for skills within the regional marketplace to flow where they are needed in support of CARICOM's economic recovery and resilience.

Browne said that currently Trinidad and
Tobago nationals are using the available skills certificates to access opportunities in the petro-chemical industries of Guyana and Suriname and in many other sectors throughout the region, for the benefit of the region.

He further chided Senator Mark "as an apostle of myopia who has...

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