{"id":18354,"date":"2018-07-31T15:02:30","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T19:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=18354"},"modified":"2018-07-31T15:02:30","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T19:02:30","slug":"guyana-to-establish-temporary-settlement-for-venezuelan-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/guyana-to-establish-temporary-settlement-for-venezuelan-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana to establish temporary settlement for Venezuelan refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The government has announced plans to establish a settlement area for over 200 Venezuelan refugees.<\/p>

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This was disclosed by Minister of Citizenship,\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Winston Felix,\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>who said the homestead settlement will be for 260 confirmed Venezuelans, who are occupying areas in the community of Barima-Waini .<\/p>\n

He made the announcement during an interview with the Public Information and Press Services Unit of the Ministry of the Presidency at the conclusion of the third multi-agency coordinating committee meeting on Monday.<\/p>

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\u00a0<\/span>Felix said that the resettlement area will allow the Venezuelans to be self-reliant<\/p>

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\u201cIt is intended that we [will] develop something like a homestead where families are accumulated and eventually we can move them into cash crop farming. We can encourage that so that in the first instance they can feed themselves and if they have surpluses they can sell. We are looking at crops for their sustenance and their immediate needs. Once you get that\u2026going then the next thing is to guide them into areas in which they can sustain themselves.\u00a0The immediate outcome is that we want to see them properly settled and they must be able to sustain themselves\u2026,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He noted that the agencies on the committee will continue to play their roles in lending whatever assistance is necessary to those in Region One while assessing the migration of Venezuelans into Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region Seven).<\/p>

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\u201cIn the meantime, the Ministry of Health is continuing its vaccination [efforts]\u2026 [The Department of] Immigration is continuing the registration and support work\u2026 The Police [are] also following through with the support work to this committee. So, all agencies, locally, are locked into this committee to provide services and support for the Venezuelans in Guyana. We are also exploring the situation in Region Seven [in order] to find out where [the Venezuelans] are and what numbers we have to [cater for],\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Committee has also been working alongside the United Nations Children\u2019s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Human Rights\u2019 Council (UNHRC) to determine areas of collaboration and support.<\/p>

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Rather than criminalise the Venezuelans,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Felix said that the Committee and by extension, the Government, have chosen to respond to the situation in a humane manner, with concern for the safety, health, and accommodation of the migrants.<\/p>

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The government has announced plans to establish a settlement area for over 200 Venezuelan refugees. This was disclosed by Minister of Citizenship,\u00a0\u00a0Winston Felix,\u00a0\u00a0who said the homestead settlement will be for 260 confirmed Venezuelans, who are occupying areas in the community of Barima-Waini . 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