Médecins Sans Frontières - Webclip: Venezuelan migrants in Arauca

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF303571

Date taken / Date Recorded 03/02/2020 12:00 AM

Country Colombia

Commissioning section MSF-SPAIN

Photographer / videographer / producer Yves Magat

Copyright Yves Magat/MSF

Usage Rights (MSF) External Media, MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications, Social Media

Formal Consent Copy available yes

Editor's rating ★★★★ (E)

Video format h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661)

Duration 2m32s

Maximum Size 1920px × 1080px 345.27 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist Every day more Venezuelans
leave their country

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Evelin Castro
36 years old, from Caracas (Venezuela)

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We need medical help for him,
he was born with a physical abnormality,

that makes him poo and pee
through his belly.

In Venezuela we can’t count
on that type of medical help

because all the doctors migrated.

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They are leaving due to
the social and economic crisis
or the lack of medical care

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Tame
Arauca (Colombia)

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Sebastián García
MSF coordinator in Arauca

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A very large percentage
of the Venezuelan population

is leaving the country.

Colombia, due to its location,
allows the entrance

of this population

and offers them,
within the country's means,

certain basic services.

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Venezuelans get health
care only in cases
of medical emergency

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Yubeisi
34 years old, from Portuguesa (Venezuela)

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Arriving here wasn’t easy.

It really wasn’t easy.

You’re in a country
that you don’t know.

You don’t know anything.

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Paloma Ruiz
MSF psychologist in Tame

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Many people express concern
and huge frustration

that their families in Venezuela

think the situation here is much better.

They say: “They don't understand me,

I have no money to send them,
absolutely nothing.”

Many consultations are
because they feel anxious,

because they don’t have a job.

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María Querales
23 years old, from Yaracuy (Venezuela)

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We’re begging for money.

In all the stores,
even if they tell us no,

we still insist, because I need
to feed my children.

We live on the streets, we sleep there
every night.

Because of that, my daughter
has a rash on her skin.

It’s unbelievable.

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The system just wasn’t prepared
in Colombia

to receive so many people.

Colombia has set an example

for its warmth in receiving people

but the reality is undeniable:

it lacks the capacity to respond.

For us, it’s very important to mention

the saturation of the Colombian
health system

and the lack and the need of support
from the international community

to cover this gap both for the migrants

and also, of course,
for its own citizens.

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1.6 million Venezuelans
live in Colombia right now

In 2020 this number
is likely to multiply

Webclip: Venezuelan migrants in Arauca_EN

Webclip: Venezuelan migrants in Arauca_EN