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Table 4 Travel details

From: More Venezuelans in Trinidad in the 21st century

Participant Number

Q13 Transport Method

Descriptive words for the trip

Q14 Were you afraid when you arrived

Q15 Did you understand the process of immigration?

1

small boat

Dangerous but legal

Yes

Yes

2

small boat

Expensive 250US

No

Yes

3

small boat

Ugly, wild ride, a lot of people, don’t want to remember, illegal, 4 nights because there were patrols

Yes

Yes

4

plane

Legally

No

Yes

5

small boat

Good

Yes

Yes

6

small boat

Horrible

Yes

Yes

7

small boat

Terror, I don’t want to remember

Yes

No

8

small boat

Horrible

Yes

Yes

9

small boat

N/A

Yes

Yes

10

small boat

Horrible

Yes

No

11

small boat

Horrible, a lot of people, don’t know if you will get there, everything got lost

Yes

No

12

small boat

Normal, paid 100USD

Yes

Yes

13

small boat

Horrible, a lot of people in the boat, 20 people, lost all their things on the journey, went back, spent a day on the water because it was being patrolled

Yes

Yes

14

small boat

N/A

Yes of the police

No

15

plane

N/A

Yes

Yes

16

small boat

Dramatic

Yes

Yes

17

small boat

N/A

No

Yes

18

plane

N/A

yes

yes

19

small boat

A complete day because the police were circling

Yes

Yes

20

small boat

In boat, normal

Yes of the police

Yes

21

small boat

N/A

No

Yes

22

small boat

N/A

Yes, police, translation issues

Yes

23

small boat

Good

Yes

Yes

24

small boat

From Tucupita, no food, a lot of people, children

Yes of everything

No

25

small boat

N/A

No

Yes

26

small boat

Tiring

Yes, communication, the language

No

27

small boat

N/A

Yes

Yes

28

plane

N/A

No

Yes

29

small boat

Legally

no

Yes

30

small boat

N/A

Yes, not enough money, didn’t know anyone, didn’t know even that many Venez

Yes

31

plane

N/A

Yes alone and new country

No

32

small boat

N/A

Yes

No

33

plane

Immigration officers were scary

Yes

Yes

  1. Table 4 shows respondents answers (Q13 to Q15), Transport Method, Description, Feelings, and knowledge of immigration processes