UN / VENEZUELAN REFUGEES BOAT

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said it was “deeply concerned” about the fate of at least 21 Venezuelans missing after their boat sank on Thursday on their way to Trinidad and Tobago, a UN spokesperson told reporters in New York. UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:43
• Production Date: 26 April 2019
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; REFUGEES
• Geographic Subject: VENEZUELA
• MAMS Id: 2384834
• Parent Id: 2384834
• Alternate Title: unifeed190426e

Description

STORY: UN / VENEZUELAN REFUGEES BOAT
TRT: 1:42
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 26 APRIL 2019, NEW YORK CITY

Shotlist

FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, UNHQ exterior

26 APRIL 2019, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, press room
3. Med shot, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“UNHCR today says it is deeply concerned about the fate of at least 21 Venezuelans missing after their boat sank yesterday on their way to Trinidad and Tobago. The boat was carrying at least 25 people. The Trinidad and Tobago authorities said four people have been rescued in a joint effort with their Venezuelan counterparts. At least 21 people, among them women and children, are still unaccounted for while the rescue efforts are continuing. More than three million Venezuelans have left their country since 2015, mostly in neighbouring countries including the islands in the southern part of the Caribbean.”
5. Med shot, journalists
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“From January to April, UNICEF distributed over two million kits for child and maternal health to nine health centres and hospitals. Over 7,400 children have received nutritional support in eight States; 25 communities and ten schools are now being supported by critical WASH activities, which has to do with water and sanitation; 84 safe birth kits have been distributed to health centres and hospitals, and over 12,000 people with HIV have received treatment; 46,000 meal rations have been distributed for people in transit; and more than 1,500 family kits have been distributed for people in transit.”
7. Wide shot, press room

Storyline

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said it was “deeply concerned” about the fate of at least 21 Venezuelans missing after their boat sank on Thursday on their way to Trinidad and Tobago, a UN spokesperson told reporters in New York.

Speaking to reporters in New York today (26 Apr), UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said the boat was carrying at least 25 people, with four people having been rescued in a “joint effort” between Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuelan authorities.

Dujarric said at least 21 people, “among them women and children, are still unaccounted for while the rescue efforts are continuing.” He noted that, since 2015, more than three million Venezuelans have left their country, “mostly in neighbouring countries including the islands in the southern part of the Caribbean.”

Updating reporters on the UN’s humanitarian operations in Venezuela, Dujarric said, “From January to April, UNICEF distributed over two million kits for child and maternal health to nine health centres and hospitals. Over 7,400 children have received nutritional support in eight States; 25 communities and ten schools are now being supported by critical WASH activities, which has to do with water and sanitation; 84 safe birth kits have been distributed to health centres and hospitals, and over 12,000 people with HIV have received treatment; 46,000 meal rations have been distributed for people in transit; and more than 1,500 family kits have been distributed for people in transit.”