Trinidad and To­ba­go na­tion­als with booked trips to the Unit­ed King­dom but no Elec­tron­ic Trav­el Au­tho­ri­sa­tion (ETA) re­main frus­trat­ed as to their next move, and the trav­el plans for oth­ers are now in lim­bo over a new visa pol­i­cy and fees.

How­ev­er, one ac­tivist be­lieves the UK’s de­ci­sion to im­pose visas on T&T cit­i­zens will grave­ly af­fect those seek­ing refuge from per­se­cu­tion.

LGBTQI+ ac­tivist Ja­son Jones—whose law­suit chal­leng­ing Trinidad and To­ba­go’s bug­gery laws caused changes to the Sex­u­al Of­fences Act—said yes­ter­day that hun­dreds of lo­cal queer peo­ple ap­ply for asy­lum in the UK every year be­cause their lives are in dan­ger, not be­cause they want to mis­use the sys­tem.