The Catholic church has criticised the TT’s government recent announcement of mass deportations of detained Venezuelan migrants. It also called for political restraint and regional unity, warning against attempts by outside powers to influence political outcomes in Venezuela.

The Catholic Commission for Social Justice (CCSJ) of the Archdiocese of Port of Spain issued a statement on November 17, declaring solidarity with the Antilles Episcopal Conference (AEC), Archbishop Charles Jason Gordon, and the Conference on Theology in the Caribbean Today (CTCT).

It joined in raising alarm over rising geopolitical tensions in the Southern Caribbean, the lethal military strikes on vessels suspected of drug trafficking, as well as the growing humanitarian crisis affecting migrants across the region.