As ten­sions in­ten­si­fy across the Mid­dle East fol­low­ing mil­i­tary strikes in­volv­ing the Unit­ed States, Is­rael and Iran, at­tor­ney Nafeesa Mo­hammed is call­ing on the Gov­ern­ment to ur­gent­ly as­sist Trinidad and To­ba­go na­tion­als seek­ing to leave the re­gion.

Mo­hammed said the es­ca­lat­ing con­flict has height­ened the risks for cit­i­zens liv­ing and work­ing across the Gulf and warned that au­thor­i­ties must act de­ci­sive­ly to en­sure na­tion­als can re­turn home safe­ly.

Her com­ments come as Min­is­ter of For­eign and Cari­com Af­fairs Sean Sobers con­firmed that the Gov­ern­ment has al­ready as­sist­ed sev­er­al na­tion­als at­tempt­ing to leave ar­eas af­fect­ed by the con­flict.