Eduardo Stein about the exodus of Venezuelans: "Argentina is one of the countries that has contributed the most to the best reception"

The images are eloquent: thousands of Venezuelans cross their border every day in the midst of a political crisis this also leads to a shortage of food, hospital items and medicines. However, in Argentina, it is not necessary to watch TV to get an idea of ​​the tragedy of Venezuelan migrants: thousands of them have arrived in the country and have formed a detachment in search of 39, a better place to live. A situation that is repeated in several countries in the region.

This scenario led the UN to appoint the former Guatemalan Vice President Eduardo Steinas Special Joint Representative for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela. Stein spoke of the crisis and the intervention of the international body in charge.

"Today for today, more than four thousand Venezuelans cross the border of his country in quest of a situation of shortage of food and sanitary articles, "said Mr. Stein.Our mission and that of various agencies, including UNHCR (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees). United Nations for Refugees), is to provide them, wherever possible and in collaboration with governments, with shelter, food and work ".

According to UN figures, political events have caused a flow of more than three million Venezuelans, between refugees and migrants, outside of this country. This is the largest migratory flow of these characteristics in the history of Latin America and the Caribbean..

The Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants in Venezuela has prepared the Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan, which aims to meet the needs of 2.2 million Venezuelans in 16 countries in coordination with their governments; provide a beneficial response to these migrants but also to the host communities; ensure coordination among the partners of the initiative and put in place an estimated funding mechanism of $ 738 million.

"Discussions between host governments began at the Quito summit, which will be held on April 8-9," said Stein. The summit had taken place after highest starting point for Venezuelan migrants, which reached 16,000 per day. "This is a humanitarian crisis for which we were unprepared and to which governments and agencies responded very well," said a UN official.

–Argentina receives thousands of Venezuelans, but these do not have the category of refugees but act as common migrants. Could they subscribe to this category to access the benefits? He asked Infobae.

Argentina is one of the countries that has done the most to offer the best welcome to the protagonists of this exodus. Today, the rules have been relaxed to be able to receive them: they can use a pbadport expired two years ago and the creatures need only the birth certificate. They might ask to attribute to the quality of the refugees, but taking into account that they are very slow processes in which each case is studied carefully. Conversations with governments aim to provide the greatest possible cooperation to these migrants in housing, work, health and traffic rights.

Stein also discussed the scenarios posed by the Venezuelan situation: "We badyzed four possibilities: a peaceful political agreement, a stalemate between the parties, a violent implosion that could be the beginning of a civil war and an external military adventure. second scenario, that of stalemate. all parties rejected the possibility of an outside military intervention and the best thing to do would be that it does not happen. "

The exodus situation of millions of Venezuelans could imply a crisis that would extend over time. Although the first scenario was made, in Stein's words, of an internal political agreement in Venezuela, the return of more than three million migrants to this country would not be immediate. In the meantime, it is up to the communities and nations hosting these protagonists of the greatest exodus in the history of Latin America to provide them with the best conditions to adapt to the new social environment.