[1] However, unofficial records put the Indo-Caribbean community from Guyana, Suriname, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago over 50,000.

[citation needed] The Indian community consisted of personnel from the petroleum and petrochemical sectors, as well as a large number of traders.

Most of the traders belonged to the Sindhi community but there were also some persons from Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Punjab.

[citation needed] When the oil boom ended in 1982, followed by devaluation of the local currency, many of the NRIs decided to seek their fortunes elsewhere.

[citation needed] Currently, the diaspora has been whittled down to half its former size.