What was supposed to be a rewarding job experience for at least three Jamaicans turned out to be a nightmare for them in Laventille, Trinidad, last month.

The three men who contacted The Star recently relayed the story of how they got a 'link' with someone who said she could get them to legally work and provide proper housing in the republic for them.

However, this was never the case. "The living condition was hell, not even yuh pig dem yuh woulda mek go through dat," Khris Breezy* said in his short description of the house. "Before I run come home last month is bout 23 Jamaicans did live inna de shabby house wha de lady put wi inna.