The Venezuelan opposition on Thursday celebrated the installation of offices in the Dominican Republic to help oil country migrants regularize their status on the island, 89.7% of whom are in an irregular migratory situation.
“We are celebrating the opening of an office to regularize the more than 100,000 Venezuelan migrants living in the Dominican Republic. It is a very important step for our compatriots who reside there, as approximately 89% have irregular immigration status,” said the opponent. . Julio Borges on Twitter.
Borges, representative of the opposition leader Juan Guaidó abroad, sent his thanks to the president of the Dominican RepublicLuis Abinader and his Chancellor, Roberto Álvarez Gil, for the decision.
The former MEP also recalled that the opposition is promoting the “Brothers” program so that “more countries can join” the “shelter and fraternity policy towards Venezuelans”.
The offices to help Venezuelan migrants regularize their situation in the Dominican Republic began on Monday a platform was also launched virtually to guide them.
These offices are the product of an alliance between the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and seven Venezuelan refugee and migrant organizations.
In addition to the offices in Santo Domingo, there are information windows in Punta Cana, Bávaro, Boca Chica, San Cristóbal and Santiago (with two locations).
According to calculations by the Directorate-General for Migration (DGM), there are currently about 114,050 Venezuelans living in the country, of which 89.7% have irregular immigration status, a circumstance that prompted the government to temporarily extend their stay. on territory.