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STORY: PERU / REFUGEE VENEZUELAN FAMILY
TRT: 2:55
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTION: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / SPANISH
DATELINE 11 OCTOBER 2018, TUMBES, PERU
1. Wide shot, aerial of border point between Peru and Ecuador
2. Med shot, people arriving at the border point processed
3. Wide shot, people at the border point with belongings
4. Wide shot, crowds of refugees and migrants waiting
5. Med shot, woman in the crowd waiting to be processed
6. Med shot, UN Hight Commissioner Filippo Grandi meeting the refugees
7. Wide shot, Filippo Grandi witnessing the registration process
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees:
“I just met a group that told me their harrowing stories of deprivation, of lack of opportunity, of violence and abuse in their country. So there is a mix of reasons why these people are leaving and going to neighbouring countries where they have to avail themselves of whatever legal means are available in those particular countries to obtain some stability.”
9. Med shot, Nancy and Wender preparing food in their kitchen
10. Med shot, Nancy sitting down to eat
11. Wide shot, family having a meal
12. Med shot, Nancy and Wender washing dishes
13. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Nancy Jaimes Díaz, Venezuelan living in Tumbes:
“We had to sleep inside two trucks. First in a truck full of cat food.”
14. Wide shot, streets scene in Peru
15. Wide shot, Wender entering his house
16. Wide shot, Wender and Cristian playing football
17. Med shot, Cristian playing outside
18. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Nancy Jaimes Díaz, Venezuelan living in Tumbes:
“If they hadn’t helped us, we wouldn’t have known what to do. Now that at least we have a place to sleep, we can be more relaxed. Now we can think more calmly what is going to happen next.”
19. Wide shot, Wender riding a bicycle
20. Wide shot, Nancy walking on the street
21. Med shot, Nancy picking Cristian from school
22. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Wender Escalante, Venezuelan living in Tumbes:
“Peruvians are excellent people. We get along well with everybody.”
23. Wide shot, refugees and migrates at the border point
24. SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees:
“We should not allow that these communities in areas receiving Venezuelans are left alone and feel alone in bearing this heavy responsibility.”
25. Med shot, people waiting at immigration
26. Med shot, woman and boy waiting at the border point
27. Wide shot, woman and baby
28. Med shot, woman holding her baby
The United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi visited the border point in Tumbes Peru to assess the flows of Venezuelans leaving their country and its impact on the region.
1,250 Venezuelans enter Peru through the border point in Tumbes. They have traveled thousands of kilometres in buses, hitchhiking, on foot.
SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees:
“I just met a group that told me their harrowing stories of deprivation, of lack of opportunity, of violence and abuse in their country. So there is a mix of reasons why these people are leaving and going to neighbouring countries where they have to avail themselves of whatever legal means are available in those particular countries to obtain some stability.”
They arrived with 2 backpacks, one with clothing and the other one with blankets to protect themselves from freezing temperatures.
25-year-old Nancy and 35 year-old Wender hitchhiked and walked all the way for 12 days from Venezuela to Tumbes, Peru with their six-year-old son Cristian. They arrived four month ago, and now they have found a home and work in Tumbes.
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Nancy Jaimes Díaz, Venezuelan living in Tumbes:
“We had to sleep inside two trucks. First in a truck full of cat food.”
UNHCR and local Peruvian partners supported the family to find a safe place to raise young Cristian.
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Nancy Jaimes Díaz, Venezuelan living in Tumbes:
“If they hadn’t helped us, we wouldn’t have known what to do. Now that at least we have a place to sleep, we can be more relaxed. Now we can think more calmly what is going to happen next.”
Wender is now working in construction and Nancy sells empanadas. Their son Cristian is attending school.
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Wender Escalante, Venezuelan living in Tumbes:
“Peruvians are excellent people. We get along well with everybody.”
However Peru and other countries hosting Venezuelans urgently need more global support
SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees:
“We should not allow that these communities in areas receiving Venezuelans are left alone and feel alone in bearing this heavy responsibility.”
According to UNHCR, more than 440,000 Venezuelans have entered Peru. The majority via land through the border Ecuador-Peru. About 1,250 Venezuelans arrive in Peru every day through the northern border point in Tumbes.
UNHCR is present with its partners distributing water, hygiene kits for women, baby kits, health and psychological support, legal orientation. Cash base assistance for targeted beneficiaries and transportation as well.
