Juan Guaidó thanked the countries that are committed to helping Venezuelan migrants: “We must unite and join forces”.

Venezuelan opposition and interim president Juan Guaidó thanked on Thursday the countries which pledged at the International Conference of Donors in Solidarity with Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela to pay 1,554 million dollars to deal with this crisis.

“I thank Canada as the organizer, the recipient countries, the donor countries and the multilateral organizations of the Conference of Solidarity with Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants. We must unite and join forces for a solution in Venezuela“Guaidó said in a Twitter post.

The conference held this Thursday in Canada made it possible to concretize the commitment of countries and institutions to contribute $ 1,554 million to the Venezuelan migration crisis, including 954 million donations and 600 million credits.

In addition, Colombia has pledged to grant temporary protection status to 1.8 million migrants while other countries, such as Peru, Ecuador, the Dominican Republic and the United States, have proposed measures. similar measures to regularize displaced persons.

The number of donations is higher than that reached at the previous conference, held last year, when the commitments were set at $ 653 million.

For the celebration of this conference, the opponent also spoke Jules Borges, who pointed out that currently, “international cooperation and commitment are necessary to face“What he described as”the most serious humanitarian drama of all time“The American continent, in reference to the Venezuelan migration crisis.

“The democratic world must not forget the cause of this tragedy, which is none other than (Nicolás) Maduro. Only the exit from the dictatorship will stop this migratory flow and allow the safe return of all Venezuelans who are abroad ”, declared Borges, appointed by Guaidó commissioner for foreign relations.

The conference, described by the Maduro regime as a “media farce”, was organized by Canada in collaboration with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

(With information from EFE)

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