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The regional government of Madeira estimates that 4,500 migrants in Venezuela have returned to the region since 2016, the year in which socio-economic and political instability has worsened in that country, and expects the flow to continue this year.
that the flow can continue at this rate and, above all, until there is no economic and social improvement in the country of origin. , said Jorge Carvalho, regional secretary of education, who oversees the Center for
Monday, a year passes for the election of the Constituent Assembly of Venezuela, a revolutionary process of the regime of Nicolás Maduro who has further accelerated the economic crisis and the fears of the population.
2,300 migrants returned from Venezuela, where some 300,000 Maderians live (three generations), are enrolled in the Regional Health Service and 2,000 and employment, while 670 children and young people attend the schools of the region
On the other hand, about 180 households are enrolled in the Housing Institute and 574 receive social support.
"This is the hard data," said Jorge Carvalho, pointing out that many migrants also face difficulties in terms of language and equivalence for higher education and the recognition of qualifications. [19659002] The regional government has however developed mechanisms to link the different services on the other hand, with 1.5 million euros of the Government of the Republic (not yet available) for social support, as well as the One-third coverage of health to a maximum of 1 million euros
We are still studying the mechanisms of validation of expenditure and transfer [das verbas] for the region, explained Jorge Carvalho, adding that Until now, the autonomous region has assumed all the expenses.
The support granted by the regional executive is also recognized by the emigrants, according to Olavo Manica, founder and former president of the Social Community Center of Madeira, a friendly club located in the suburbs of Madeira's capital.
"In general, people have no reason to complain, they are well served when they go to a government institution that helps them and guides them." He said at the Lusa news agency, noting that "if it had been five years ago, it was more complicated because of the program of economic and financial assistance."
Olavo Manica, a former man of 39, cases in Venezuela, education, health, social security and the economy, and also welcomes the position of the Government of the Republic on the Venezuelan regime, noting that "Portugal has become aware" [194590
The support of the regional government to the emigrants is also recognized by Agostinho Ferreira Castro, from Funchal, who at the age of 17 left for Venezuela
Agostinho Castro has invested in a small supermarket and now accompanies, by far, the lives of the two girls who stayed in the country.
"The position of the regional government is very simple: we are doing everything and we continue to do everything to support our compatriots who are returning from Venezuela in a difficult situation," he told the Lusa Agency of the head of the executive, stressing that "these people feel at home and are fully integrated."
Miguel Albuquerque also pointed out that they are doing the national bodies to "bureaucratize a set of processes related to the & # 39; 39; equivalence "and stressed that" it is an act of civilization and citizenship to help those in need "
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