VoicesLaura Ann Phillips - Catholic News ServicePolitics & SocietyNewsTrinidadians step up to aid Venezuelan migrants when government steps backLaura Ann Phillips - Catholic News ServiceAugust 06, 2019Venezuelan migrants, fleeing violence and political instability at home, had been trickling into the island nation for several years. That trickle became a wave in 2018 as inflation soared and food shortages became acute.