The Venezuelan opposition on Thursday celebrated the installation of offices in the Dominican Republic to help migrants from oil countries to regularize their status on the island, of which 89.7% are in an irregular migration 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 about 89% have irregular immigration status,” he said. say opponent July Borges on Twitter.
Borges, representative of the opposition leader Juan Guaidó abroad, send your thanks to the President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, and his chancellor, Roberto Álvarez Gil, for the decision.
The former deputy also recalled that the opposition is promoting the “Brothers” program so that “more countries can join” the “policy of reception and brotherhood towards Venezuelans.”
Offices to help Venezuelan migrants regularize their situation in the Dominican Republic began operating on Monday, when a platform was also launched virtual 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 premises in Santo Domingo, there are information windows in Punta Cana, Bávaro, Boca Chica, San Cristóbal and Sant Jaume (with two offices).
According to estimates by the General Directorate of Migration (DGM), some 114,050 Venezuelans currently reside in the country and, of these, 89.7% have an irregular immigration status, a circumstance that led the Government to take the decision to temporarily extend its permanence in territory.