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The Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, acknowledged this Wednesday, when intervening in the UN General Assembly, the Venezuelan emigration, who for a long time denied his government, and which, he claimed, took place “For economical reasons”.
“How direct consequence of coercive, unilateral measures and economic aggression imposed by the United States government to our people there has been, temporarily, a process of emigration of citizens, mainly for economic reasons“Maduro said in a previously recorded broadcast.
Despite the fact that the president did not mention any specific number of emigrants who left before the prolonged economic and social crisis that Venezuela is experiencing, the UN has estimated about 5 million people who have had to leave the Caribbean country in search of a better future.
Colombia is the country that has received the most Venezuelans, with about 1.7 million, according to the latest data from the immigration authorities. In addition, the common border was crossed daily by about 35,000 people before the pandemic, many of whom came to the Andean country as a transit nation to other destinations or to settle permanently.
“WAVE OF RETURNS”
However, Maduro assured that Venezuela “faces a wave of voluntary returns” which, according to government figures, is around 70,000, many of which come “from countries with very high levels of contagion” of Covid-19 such as Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile or Brazil.
That return, in his opinion, is based on several reasons, among which he cited “the systematic violation of human rights, anachronistic and xenophobic policies “against migrants during the pandemic, which forced them to return to their country of origin when they were left without a job and, therefore, without financial resources.
Until now, the government had denied this process of exodus to other countries and even the president of the National Constituent Assembly (ANC), God given hair, came to affirm that the photos of migrants across the continent were “a montage”.
“Doesn’t it seem suspicious to you that there are photos in Peru (of Venezuelans) walking along the side of the road? In Ecuador, in Colombia (…) it seems that that was lights, cameras, action. They get them off the buses, no they let them ride and leave them anywhere, they have no choice (but to walk) and that is the shot they take, “said the one considered number two in Chavismo.
Faced with the current situation of return, the opposition has denounced that the government has prevented the return of thousands of Venezuelans, some of whom have been waiting for months in various countries for the Maduro Executive to authorize a flight that allows them to return.
MADURO INSINATES CORRUPTION IN THE CARE OF MIGRANTS
For its part, Maduro wondered “what has been the reaction of the world that says it cares about Venezuela” before the situation of Venezuelans in the world and hinted that there has been corruption among those in charge of serving them.
“We wonder how it is possible, despite the huge amounts of dollars that have been awarded to these governments (from migrant-receiving countries) through extravagant donor recruitment conferences for Venezuelan migrants, what did they do with that money “, the Venezuelan ruler added.
And he added another question: “Did governments steal it?”
“We believe that we must rigorously review (…) the role that some United Nations agencies have been playing or some representatives of some agencies in these processes such as the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Unhcr) or the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Again, as he did in his previous interventions, denounced the sanctions imposed by Washington on Venezuela and vindicated the organization of a multipolar world against the “Alleged global dictatorship raised from the United States.”
As an example of this multilateral work, Maduro cited the World Health Organization (WHO) and its work during the pandemic.
“WHO must be an example of multilateralism that we need to strengthen, WHO must be an organization that acts and speaks faithfully, without bowing to pressure, extortion and attacks from the powerful, which confirms its moral authority, scientific capacity and cooperation based on solidarity “, he concluded.
