The list of countries that request visas for citizens of Venezuela continues to increase only in America and because of this it is increasingly difficult for them to migrate. Along with these lists, the costs of an orderly and legal exit have also grown, leading to scenes like the most recent one: the death of a one-year-old boy by a shot by the Trinidad and Tobago coast guard when in a boat he along with about 20 people tried to get to the island by boat.
The Venezuelan migration crisis is the second most serious in the world and the first largest in the region in many years, this is confirmed by the political scientist Ángel Medinawho has been in charge of analyzing the regional situation with a focus on migration and the response of multilateral organizations.
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The Netherlands Antilles: Aruba, Curaçao and Saint Martin; Canada, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, United StatesSuriname, El Salvador, Saint Lucia, Trinidad, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Mexico and Belize, Venezuelans require a visa, procedures that in themselves are expensive. For example, to apply for a US visa, it is necessary to travel to another country because the embassy in Caracas is closed.
“To the extent that the economic crisis deepens, it is causing Venezuelans who had not even planned to leave the country to seek to do so.”
Too the lack of direct flights closes the possibilities even more and mistreatment growsas Medina relates what happens with the compatriots who arrive at Mexico or the Dominican Republic.
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The Organization of American States says that as of September 2020 there is an average between 700 and 900 Venezuelans who daily pass through the illegal roads, almost 1,000 people who daily leave by unofficial steps, recalls the political scientist and former deputy of the National Assembly.
border violence
The last quarter of 2021 closed with a increase in violence in border states. According to the organization FundaRedes, they reported 210 homicides51 alleged clashes that left 67 deaths by state security agencies, along with 60 disappearances or kidnappings.
This report corresponds to the states Amazonas, Apure, Bolivar, Falcon, Tachira and Zulia. In addition, the violence increased 19 percent in the number of homicides, compared to the previous quarter that amounted to 176 cases.
Zulia was the entity with the most homicides with 95 victims; followed by the state of Bolívar with 53; Falcon with 32; Tachira 18; Rush 10 victims and Amazon two.
ANA RODRIGUEZ BRAZON
WEATHER CORRESPONDENT
CARACAS
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