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According to the International Organization for Migration, with nearly half a million Venezuelan nationals, Ecuador hosts the third largest Venezuelan migrant population worldwide, after Colombia and Peru. IOM
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STORY: IOM / VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS ECUADOR
TRT: 03.34
SOURCE: IOM
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: SPANISH / NATS

DATELINE: JANUARY 2023, QUITO, ECUADOR

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1. Aerial shot, Quito
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Natalie Burbano, case manager, International Organization for Migration (IOM):
"In this regularization process, we have supported logistics since it started in September. We receive people, organize them…”
3. Aerial shot, Quito
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Natalie Burbano, case manager, International Organization for Migration (IOM):
“…And verify their documentation so they can enter and complete their migratory registration process and obtain their migratory residency permit.”
5. Med shot, street, bus, cars
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Natalie Burbano, case manager, International Organization for Migration (IOM):
“The process consists of three parts: The first one is the registration…”
7. Med shot, Venezuelan migrants on the streets
8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Natalie Burbano, case manager, International Organization for Migration (IOM):
“…where they obtain the unique residence registry. After they go through the process of regularization…”
8. Close up, banner
9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Natalie Burbano, case manager, International Organization for Migration (IOM):
“…where the visa is issued, and finally, they obtain the Ecuadorian identity card.”
10. Med shot, IOM staff, Gutiérrez
11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ricardo Gutiérrez, Venezuelan migrant:
"Thank God we migrated here. I came with my wife and son.”
12. Med shot, IOM staff, Gutiérrez
13. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ricardo Gutiérrez, Venezuelan migrant:
“Here, we were finally given the opportunity.”
14. Wide shot, Venezuelan migrants waiting to complete the migratory process
15. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ricardo Gutiérrez, Venezuelan migrant:
“We are getting our IDs now and registering to achieve more stability.”
16. Med shot, Venezuelan migrants waiting to complete the migratory process
17. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ricardo Gutiérrez, Venezuelan migrant:
“With this new opportunity for registration, I will have a fixed contract with the company, and the benefit will be to obtain insurance since I am an oncology patient."
18. Various shots, Venezuelan migrants checking fingerprints
19. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Natalie Burbano, case manager, International Organization for Migration (IOM):
“We try to give them all information, notably their rights, the regularization process that sometimes is a little complicated to understand.”
20. Med shot, Venezuelan migrant during regularization process
21. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Natalie Burbano, case manager, International Organization for Migration (IOM):
“This positively affects the population because it allows them to access more rights.”
22. Aerial shot, Quito
23. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Natalie Burbano, case manager, International Organization for Migration (IOM):
“They leave very gratefully.”
24. Med shot, IOM staff, Salazar
25. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Leonardo Salazar, Venezuelan migrant:
"I want stability, something that doesn't make people look at me with disdain because I'm Venezuelan, or something that makes it a little easier for me to find a good job.
26. Wide shot, IOM staff, Salazar
27. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Leonardo Salazar, Venezuelan migrant:
“I want to work, and even though I'm currently only selling “Barriletes” on buses, I know I can aim for something bigger. I don't want to stay on the streets; I want to have something great."
28. Med shot, IOM staff, Salazar

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Storyline

According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), with nearly half a million Venezuelan nationals, Ecuador hosts the third largest Venezuelan migrant population worldwide, after Colombia and Peru.

Yet, most of them remain undocumented, preventing them from building a brighter future in the country. Many use the Andean nation as a transit country towards other South American countries, such as Peru and Chile.

The country’s year-long regularization process is key to building productive lives for Venezuelan migrants, allowing access to the job market and social security system, and easing their access to rights and basic services such as health care and education.

Venezuelans must complete the online and biometric migratory registry with the Ministry of Interior.

After obtaining the migratory certificate, they can register via an online platform managed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility, apply for the exception temporary residence visa for two years, and access an Ecuadorian identity card.

Since June 2022, more than 104,000 people have finished their migratory registry, of which 55,000 Venezuelans have applied for a visa.

By February 2023, nearly 41,000 have received their temporary residence visa. Thousands of others continue to go through one of the stages of the plan.

This is the second time Ecuador has moved to regularize Venezuelan migrants and refugees.

During a previous extraordinary regularization exercise held in 2019 and 2020, nearly 51,000 Venezuelans had their status regularized.

IOM supports the Government of Ecuador in this initiative, offering expertise, capacity, presence, and resources to strengthen the process and ensure no one is left behind.

Several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are promoting the inclusion of Venezuelans seeking to remain in their host communities.

Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and others are facilitating documentation and seeking solutions to regularize and offer protection to the Venezuelan population, via different instruments in their national legislation and by promoting a multi-country response through regional forums such as the Quito Process.

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