Mayor of Cúcuta expects to give dormitories to Venezuelans who spend the nights in the street, but food is not

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"I do not share that we give breakfast lunch and dinner, because there would be a lot of people to live here; I just want bedrooms. "

Thus, the mayor of Cúcuta, César Rojas reiterated that the only way out to serve the Venezuelan immigrants who spend the nights on the street is to provide temporary shelters that guarantee more favorable living conditions for the people of Cucuta and foreigners, La Opinión reports.

"We can not continue watching those children's shows sleeping on the street, because there is a State that does not give guarantees, that does not propose anything and every day oppresses more the Venezuelan people and they have to come to Cúcuta to look for sustenance", declared the president .

 

He added that if the proposal is consolidated, it would improve coexistence in the sectors in which the immigrants settled, since a temporary solution to their stay is sought.

In this sense, he emphasized that immigrants could not have status as refugees either, because "there is no military war against civilians, but oppression and public policies of the Venezuelan government that I do not share".

Likewise, he was confident in the response of the National Government to resolve the stay of Venezuelans, and although he said that "it is a government that is already leaving, it has a commitment, and at the end of the week they said that they would have an answer so that let's start working. "

For his part, the councilman of Cúcuta Jaime Marthey supported the proposal of Rojas, in the sense of providing temporary shelters, because "establishing permanent shelters generates a breeding ground to encourage the arrival of more Venezuelans."

"They should be shelters with a maximum of 24 hours for the permanence of people who, in addition, should be characterized before entering the territory."

He also warned that any support given to immigrants "can not be a sign that there is continuous feeding, because they will not want to leave."

In relation to those who decided to stay, and according to the most recent census of the mayor's office, the 1,200 people are around, Marthey declared that only international organizations have the last word in relation to their protection and maintenance.

Additionally, he questioned the current immigration control conditions, "because we limit ourselves to telling people how to count lumps, but there is no certain data base that tells us who entered."