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CALLS for a migrant policy that effectively assesses and addresses the population of Venezuelan migrants living and working in Trinidad and Tobago have been renewed by local stakeholders, who say they are unsure of how the recently elected United National Congress (UNC) Government will address the issue.

On the future of the Migrant Registration Framework, which was instituted in 2019 by the former administration and which allowed for over 16,000 Venezuelan migrants to be registered to work, the Sunday Express was told advocates had not learned of whether it will be continued by the new Government past its December 31 expiration date.

Last year, prior to becoming Prime Minister, UNC leader Kamla Persad- Bissessar had herself called for a 'clear' migrant policy; and in commenting on the murder of an elderly Penal man-Winston Thomas, she said when elected, her government planned to take aggressive action against all illegal Venezuelan migrants.