Julio Borges, Vice President of International Affairs of Primero Justicia (PJ), pointed out that migration is the escape route for Venezuelans, while Nicolás Maduro remains in power.
Julius Borges, Vice President of International Affairs of Primero Justicia (PJ), pointed out that migration is the escape route for Venezuelans, while Nicolás Maduro remains in power.
This Sunday, October 30, in his article in InfobaeBorges pointed out that Venezuelans are not migrants common, are refugees who require international protection.
“Exile is precisely what the 7 million Venezuelans who have left our country have faced. It is true that not all of them are victims of political persecution, but they are all subjects that require international protection, precisely because they have lost protection in their own country. They have been forced to move because they cannot find a State on their land that provides them with security, public services, health, education, justice and equity. That is to say, decent living conditions”, said Julio Borges.
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Likewise, the opposition leader pointed out that it is important to review the migratory policies assumed by countries such as the United States (USA), but also the comprehensive policy on Venezuela.
“These measurements barely represent cloths of warm water for a more complex phenomenon, they are a bucket of water in an ocean. As long as the Maduro dictatorship remains entrenched in power, there will be no improvement in the living conditions of Venezuelans,” he warned.
Likewise, the PJ leader insisted that, in this context, migration ceases to be an option, “to be the only way to escape from the hell that the dictatorial regime represents.”
Julio Borges also repudiated the deportation of Venezuelans.
He also stressed that the arrests of Venezuelans in the United States have skyrocketed, reaching more than 180,000 so far this year. He noted that in May they detained 5,279 Venezuelans, but the figure increased to 17,811 in July and 33,961 in September. In his opinion, this figure reflects the intensity of the migratory flow, but also the desperation of Venezuelan migrants.
He condemned the deportation of Venezuelans. “Deporting Venezuelans is not complying with the international principle of non-refoulement, it is acting against international humanitarian law. And beyond that, it is not consistent or reciprocal with the policy that was carried out in Venezuela throughout the 20th century, where we welcomed with open arms thousands of migrants who made our country their second home,” he argued.
He urged countries to create a new moment of pressure to achieve political change in the country.
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