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Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has lamented the worsening brain drain in Trinidad and Tobago, driven by crime and other factors, as she pledged to strengthen engagement with nationals living abroad.
Speaking at a Republic Day celebration hosted by the Permanent Mission to the United Nations and the Consulate General of Trinidad and Tobago at the Borough of Manhattan Community College on Saturday, Persad-Bissessar estimated that up to 700,000 Trinidad and Tobago nationals reside in New York alone.
“Aside from the immediate social impact of criminality on our population, the economic impact and loss of our nationals who have migrated abroad because of fear, is equally undesirable, as we have lost some of our brightest sons and daughters who have chosen to live abroad,” she said.
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