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Colombia responded this Wednesday after Nicolas Maduro warned that the temporary protection granted this month to Venezuelan migrants in Colombia is a way to “wash the face” of the president Ivan Duque.
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In Venezuela “there are six million Colombian migrants and they have never needed a provisional protection treaty. They have never needed any ‘clown’ that Duque is trying to wash his face” before the international community, Maduro added at a press conference in the Palace. from Miraflores.
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After that, the Foreign Ministry issued a statement rejecting these claims.
“The Foreign Ministry of Colombia rejects the absurd statements of the dictator Nicolas Maduro against the migrant protection measures defined by President Iván Duque, “the communication warns.
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The Ministry of Foreign Relations adds that “based on his speech, the illegitimate and criminal regime of Nicolás Maduro reaffirms its indifferent and cruel attitude in the face of the grave humanitarian, economic, political and social reality that the Venezuelan population suffers.”
Based on his speech, the illegitimate and criminal regime of Nicolás Maduro reaffirms his indifferent and cruel attitude
Based on his speech, the illegitimate and criminal regime of Nicolás Maduro reaffirms its indifferent and cruel attitude towards the serious humanitarian, economic, political and social reality that the Venezuelan population suffers.
– Colombian Foreign Ministry (@CancilleriaCol) February 17, 2021
In this same sense, it sentences that “the Temporary Statute for the Protection of Migrants reflects Colombia’s commitment to support the reconstruction of the life projects of our Venezuelan brothers who have seen the need to leave their country.
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On February 8, the Colombian government announced that it will grant a legal status of temporary protection for 10 years to Venezuelan migrants to try to alleviate the humanitarian crisis they are suffering, a measure that days later was supported by the Pope Francisco.
According to Migración Colombia, by December 31, 2020, within the national territory there would be more than 1,729,000 Venezuelan migrants, equivalent to a little more than 34% of the total number of Venezuelans who, according to the figures provided by the Organization of the United Nations, have left their country and of this total, about 56%, a little more than 966 thousand would be in irregular condition.
It is estimated that the Temporary Protection Statute could benefit more than two million Venezuelans who have been forced to leave their country, given the economic, social and humanitarian crisis that Venezuela is going through.
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