Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar said Gov­ern­ment is mov­ing to strength­en bor­der se­cu­ri­ty through new on­line en­try sys­tems and leg­is­la­tion to sup­port the Ad­vanced Pas­sen­ger In­for­ma­tion Sys­tem (APIS).

She spoke on Sat­ur­day af­ter Eid-ul-Fitr cel­e­bra­tions at the Marakaz-Al-AS­JA Ja­maat in Char­lieville, out­lin­ing clos­er col­lab­o­ra­tion with Unit­ed States au­thor­i­ties on air­port screen­ing.

She said Trinidad and To­ba­go con­tin­ues to work with US au­thor­i­ties on se­cu­ri­ty mea­sures, in­clud­ing sys­tems to strength­en bor­der con­trol.