More Venezuelans in Trinidad in the 21st century

Herbert, Chinyere

doi:10.1186/s41257-021-00056-3

International Journal of Anthropology and Ethnology

Table 6 Government registration, legal status and aid

From: More Venezuelans in Trinidad in the 21st century

Participant Number	Q20 Government registered	Q20 Description of the process of registering	Q21 Are you afraid of being deported	Q24 Do you wish to return to Venezuela	Q19 Gained UNHCR asylum seeker or refugee status officially	Q22 Have you received help from others in Trinidad	Q23 What do you think of the help you have received
1	Yes	Really good	No	Yes	No	No	N/A
2	Yes	Some people didn’t get through. There were a lot of people in extremely long lines	Yes	Yes	No	In the process (UNHCR)	N/A
3	Yes	Good	No	Yes	No	Yes	First time today
4	Yes	Waiting, 3 days in the line but helpful to get a job legally.	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Essential, comfortable. Personal things, food from people
5	Yes	Good, there was a lot of support. There are bad people and good people everywhere.	Yes	Yes	No	In the process (UNHCR)	N/A
6	Yes	Good	Yes	No	No	in the process (UNHCR)	N/A
7	Yes	Very excellent, they provided food and water.	Yes	Yes	No	No	N/A
8	Yes	Good	No	Yes	No	In the process (UNHCR)	N/A
9	Yes	Good	Yes	Yes	No	In the process (UNHCR)	N/A
10	Yes	Good to work	Yes	No	No	No	N/A
11	Yes	A positive part. It made a big difference in getting a job, was able to get one after registering legally	No	Yes	No	No	N/A
12	Yes	4 days in the line was horrible but okay in the end	No	Yes	No	Yes	It was horrible. It took very long
13	Yes	Good	Yes	No	No	No	N/A
14	Yes	The line was difficult as there were a lot of people	No	Yes	No	No	N/A
15	Yes	2 days and nights in the line.	No	No	No	No	N/A
16	Yes	Hard, waiting a lot.	No	Yes	No	No	N/A
17	No	Registered online but didn’t manage to register in person	No	Yes	No	Yes	N/A
18	yes	Good	No	Yes	No	In the process (UNHCR)	good
19	Yes	Good	No	Yes	No	In the process (UNHCR)	N/A
20	Yes	Good	Yes	Yes	No	In the process (UNHCR)	A lot of people understand and help outside
21	Yes	Good, excellent, a lot of people but good.	No	No	No	Yes	Good
22	Yes	2 days, good but a lot of waiting.	Yes	Yes	No	In the process (UNHCR)	N/A
23	Yes	Good	Yes	Yes	No	No	N/A
24	No	N/A	Yes	Yes	No	In the process (UNHCR)	N/A
25	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	N/A	N/A
26	Yes	It went very slowly and it was a long time before I managed to get a job.	Yes	No	No	No	N/A
27	Yes	good	No	No	No	N/A	N/A
28	Yes	Hard, then it was simple. 1 1 year grace period was appreciated.	Yes	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
29	Yes	The time register was too short, lots of people did not get to register.	Yes	Yes	No	In the process (UNHCR)	Good
30	Yes	Good	Yes	Yes	No	In the process (UNHCR)	N/A
31	Yes	Good, it took two days.	Yes	Yes	No	No	N/A
32	Yes	The opportunity was good but we slept on the street to get ahead of the line.	Yes	No	Yes	UNHCR helped with food for my daughter and registration.	N/A
33	Yes	Good	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	good

Table 6 shows respondents answers (Q19 to Q23), legal status, receiving aid, feelings about being deported or going back to Venezuela

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