An appeal to govt. people and humanity for amnesty to illegal immigrants to prevent exploitation

Mar 15, 2024 Letters

Dear Editor,

For the past year, I have travelled several times from Crabwood Creek to Parika and observed the exploitation of illegal immigrants sexually and labour just like what happened in Trinidad during the oil boom in the 1970s. I discussed this with the VP Dr. Jagdeo at the oil conference. The following are some concerns with the impact on society.

1)Many illegal immigrants’, women in particular are using their bodies at unlicensed brothels as lucrative employment which is destroying society, increased health cost, illegal drugs, creating a culture of crime on the long term with divorces. Many youths and married men are being lured, which cost money, hence, more stealing and wife beating, etc. The wives on the other hand, psychologically damaged start cheating on the husband.

2)The illegal immigrants’ labour is being exploited, being underpaid for a day’s work, because accommodation is provided by some of the employers, plus some of the employers know that they are illegal and if they don’t work cheaply would threaten their deportation and even have intimate relationship with their wives and daughters.

3)Their children are deprived from school and would likely in the future increase crime by being uneducated, untrained and needs-driven in a competitive society.

4)To facilitate exploitation weed/drugs are provided, which is going to all of society

5)Guyana needs the labour and skills of all the illegal immigrants due to the short live trickle oil boom, to prevent inflation due to supply and demand.

I appeal to the government, the people of Guyana, humanity grant resident status to all illegal immigrants. I am sending a copy to the President and the Vice President who seldom listen and think that they know everything creating a mess in the country by their inexperience to handle this trickle boom.

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