More than 5,000 Venezuelans returned to their country in one hundred days of Delcy Rodríguez’s Government

Caracas.- More than 5,000 Venezuelan migrants returned to their country during the first hundred days of the government of Delcy Rodríguez, who assumed as acting president after the capture of Nicolás Maduro on January 3 by the United States, according to official figures released this Friday.

«This logistical and human deployment guarantees the safe and free transfer of nationals, reaffirming the commitment of the Venezuelan State to the protection of its people beyond borders», expressed the Ministry of Communication.

Also, he indicated that the Great Homeland Return Mission, a government program that facilitates and manages the return of Venezuelans, remains “active as a direct response to the needs of those who, after facing situations of xenophobia and vulnerability abroad, decide to return to their homeland”. The program also “articulates labor insertion, health, and housing policies to ensure that the return is comprehensive and dignified,” according to an official note.

Arrivals from the United States

The ministry added that next Sunday begins the “pilgrimage for peace” called by Rodriguez to demand an end to the sanctions, which, according to the Venezuelan government, will “optimize the resources of social missions”, such as Vuelta a la Patria, and “enhance the socio-productive protection of the nation”. So far in April, more than 900 migrants returned to Venezuela on flights from the United States, mostly from Arizona, according to official figures, as part of an agreement signed in January of last year between Caracas and Washington.

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Last Wednesday, 316 migrants arrived in Venezuela on a repatriation flight from Arizona, number 133 since the agreement.

After Maduro’s capture, the Venezuelan Government, headed by Rodríguez, approached the U.S., a country with which it resumed relations after seven years of rupture, and established a long-term energy partnership, while Washington has eased sanctions imposed on oil, gold, and the public financial system of the South American nation.