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STORY: UN / VENEZUELA
TRT: 01:14
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 23 AUGUST 2018, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters
23 AUGUST 2018, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Stéphane Dujarric at the podium
3. Med shot, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General:
“More than 1.6 million Venezuelans have left the country over the past three years, with 90 per cent of them having stayed in countries in South America.”
5. Med shot, journalists
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General:
“Mr. Grandi and Mr. Swing commended countries in the region for generously hosting Venezuelans arriving at their borders. However, they also expressed concern over recent developments including new passport and border entry requirements in Ecuador and Peru, as well as changes to the temporary stay permits for Venezuelans in Peru. The current situation underlines the urgent need to increase international engagement and solidarity in support of the governments’ response plans, Mr. Swing and Mr. Grandi said jointly.”
7. Med shot, journalists
8. Wide shot, presser
The head of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, and the Director General of the UN Migration Agency (IOM), William Lacey Swing, appealed for greater support from the international community to the countries that are receiving Venezuelan refugees and migrants.
Speaking today (23 Aug) to reporters in New York, UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said more than 1.6 million Venezuelans have left the country over the past three years, with 90 per cent of them having stayed in countries in South America.
He added, “Mr. Grandi and Mr. Swing commended countries in the region for generously hosting Venezuelans arriving at their borders. However, they also expressed concern over recent developments including new passport and border entry requirements in Ecuador and Peru, as well as changes to the temporary stay permits for Venezuelans in Peru.”
According to the UNHCR and the IOM, the current situation underlines the urgent need to increase international engagement and solidarity in support of the governments’ response plans.
