Venezuelans begin to use criminals to flee the Maduro regime

Some Venezuelans they are starting to resort to criminal groups in an attempt to leave Venezuela and seek asylum in other countries of the region due to tighter border controls of receiving countries, denounced Monday Refugees International (RI)

According to this organization, several countries of the American continent which, until now, have kept their borders open, have stricter requirements for the entry of Venezuelans displaced by the humanitarian crisis in their country.

In his last report, RI issued a series of recommendations to the States participating this week in the third meeting of Quito, which aims to promote a coordinated response in the region to the crisis caused by the displacement of Venezuelans.

According to the document, the crisis continued to increase during this year, with a more complicated political situation and a further deterioration of economic and social conditions in Venezuela.

RI said that on average 5,000 Venezuelans leave the country every day and that more and more elderly, disabled and underage people are trying to cross borders and seek asylum.

While he welcomed the efforts of the rest of the neighboring States to address the humanitarian crisis independently of political issues, The organization also indicated that new challenges were emerging, such as the lack of basic services, hospitals and schools in localities that host large numbers of displaced people. mainly Colombian.

In addition, many border posts are not well equipped to process or provide information to all Venezuelans who arrive, denounced the report.

during, neighboring countries have experienced changes in their own internal contexts and in some cases they have introduced stricter controls for entry, such as in Chile and Ecuador.

This situation provokes that, in his despair, some people start turning to smugglers, traffickers and criminal groups cross borderswarned Refugees International.

Also, aSome communities that initially hosted Venezuelan IDPs are now showing growing resentment and the study revealed tensions that sometimes led to acts of violence in countries such as Peru, Brazil, and Argentina.

The non-governmental organization made these conclusions, which include specific recommendations for each country. On the same day, representatives of 14 Latin American countries met for the third time in Quito to discuss aspects related to the mbad migration of Venezuelans to the region.

(With information from EFE)