IOM / BRAZIL VENEZUELA BORDER MIGRANTS
09-Jun-2023
00:03:00
The International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Reception and Support Post (PRA) in Pacaraima, a city in northern Brazil that lies just across the border from Venezuela, is welcoming hundreds of migrants every day. IOM
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STORY: BRAZIL / VENEZUELAN BORDER
TRT: 03.00
SOURCE: IOM
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: SPANISH / NATS
DATELINE: APRIL 2023, PACARAIMA, RORAIMA BRAZIL
TRT: 03.00
SOURCE: IOM
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: SPANISH / NATS
DATELINE: APRIL 2023, PACARAIMA, RORAIMA BRAZIL
SHOTLIST
1. Aerial shot, Venezuelan migrants lining up at Pacaraima border with Brazil
2. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Priscilla Leite, Field Coordinator, International Organization for Migration (IOM):
“Let's say that between the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023 there has been a considerable increase in migrants compared to previous years. The inflow is more or less 500 people per day, may be a little more or a little less. And every day, from Monday to Sunday, the whole set of services we offer to migrants at the borders makes a difference in people's lives.”
3. Various shots, Venezuelan migrants lining up for register at the border
4. Aerial shot, Pacaraima border
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Jose Francisco, Venezuelan Migrant:
“I came to Brazil looking for an improvement, an honest and humble job to be able to give my children what they need.”
6. Wide shot, people walking on the border
7. Wide shot, Venezuelan migrants carrying suitcases and waiting to register at the border
8. Med shot, Dianoras daughter
9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Dianora, Venezuelan Migrant:
“I come from Ciudad Bolivar, San Felix. My reason for being here is because of the crisis that Venezuela is in, the needs that we are going through there. My daughter needs a surgical operation and needs an umbilical reconstruction operation again. For my two children and for their studies.”
10. Wide shot, IOM staff talking to Venezuelan migrants
11. Wide shot, shelter and vaccination of migrants
12. Med shot, IOM staff registering migrants
13. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Priscilla Leite, Field Coordinator, International Organization for Migration (IOM):
“Operation Welcome is a response of the Brazilian government for the reception, reception, documentation, and support for the relocation of the Venezuelan population on the move. The UN agencies and other organizations where the operation is implemented are partners in the response, and technical partners to help the response in the best way.”
14. Wide shot, housing of Venezuelan migrants
15. Aerial shot, migrants lining up at the border
2. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Priscilla Leite, Field Coordinator, International Organization for Migration (IOM):
“Let's say that between the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023 there has been a considerable increase in migrants compared to previous years. The inflow is more or less 500 people per day, may be a little more or a little less. And every day, from Monday to Sunday, the whole set of services we offer to migrants at the borders makes a difference in people's lives.”
3. Various shots, Venezuelan migrants lining up for register at the border
4. Aerial shot, Pacaraima border
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Jose Francisco, Venezuelan Migrant:
“I came to Brazil looking for an improvement, an honest and humble job to be able to give my children what they need.”
6. Wide shot, people walking on the border
7. Wide shot, Venezuelan migrants carrying suitcases and waiting to register at the border
8. Med shot, Dianoras daughter
9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Dianora, Venezuelan Migrant:
“I come from Ciudad Bolivar, San Felix. My reason for being here is because of the crisis that Venezuela is in, the needs that we are going through there. My daughter needs a surgical operation and needs an umbilical reconstruction operation again. For my two children and for their studies.”
10. Wide shot, IOM staff talking to Venezuelan migrants
11. Wide shot, shelter and vaccination of migrants
12. Med shot, IOM staff registering migrants
13. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Priscilla Leite, Field Coordinator, International Organization for Migration (IOM):
“Operation Welcome is a response of the Brazilian government for the reception, reception, documentation, and support for the relocation of the Venezuelan population on the move. The UN agencies and other organizations where the operation is implemented are partners in the response, and technical partners to help the response in the best way.”
14. Wide shot, housing of Venezuelan migrants
15. Aerial shot, migrants lining up at the border
STORYLINE
The International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Reception and Support Post (PRA) in Pacaraima, a city in northern Brazil that lies just across the border from Venezuela, is welcoming hundreds of migrants every day.
At the end of their arduous and lengthy cross-border journeys, Venezuelans migrants hit a cross-border road at dawn, hoping to get a head start in Brazil's northern savannah.
The PRA offers overnight accommodation, food, protection, and hygiene services for migrants and refugees who have just arrived in Brazil, as well as for the ones waiting for civil documentation and not staying in longer-term shelters.
Timely assistance makes a difference for hundreds arriving through the border daily, explains Priscila Leite, IOM field coordinator in Pacaraima.
She said, “between the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023 there has been a considerable increase in migrants compared to previous years. The inflow is more or less 500 people per day, may be a little more or a little less. And every day, from Monday to Sunday, the whole set of services we offer to migrants at the borders makes a difference in people's lives.”
Operação Acolhida, or Operation Welcome, is the humanitarian response and reception provided by the Brazilian Federal Government in Roraima, one of Brazil's least developed and least populated states, in response to a historic influx of migrants and refugees arriving from Venezuela since 2017. It has been recognized as a model for the region.
Jose Francisco, a Venezuelan migrant said, “I came to Brazil looking for an improvement, an honest and humble job to be able to give my children what they need.”
Dianora travels with her daughter with special needs, her two teenage sons, and her 60-year-old mother from Venezuela's Bolivar state. The family is going to Brasilia to reunite with Dianora's husband, the children's father, who has been working there for five years.
She said, “it was challenging to leave my country, but I am very grateful to have the opportunity to come to Brazil and reunite with my husband," she explains with teary eyes. "Above all, we are looking for a fresh start. And to provide a brighter future for our children."
Leite said, "IOM is working hand-in-hand with the Brazilian Government's Operation Welcome, at all stages of the response, from arrival information points, medical and psychosocial support, overnight accommodation, and voluntary internal relocation. We have already helped tens of thousands of Venezuelans to rebuild their lives, with dignity, in Brazil."
More than 800,000 Venezuelans have crossed into Brazil through its northern border in recent years, seeking medical attention, food, and new opportunities.
Operation Welcome has three pillars: (1) Border Management, providing migrants and refugees with reception, identification, documentation, basic medical care, and immunization; (2) Accommodation in the border cities, including food, education, health and psychological care, and social protection and (3) Voluntary Relocation to other parts of Brazil where they have greater access to economic opportunities and integration.
At the end of their arduous and lengthy cross-border journeys, Venezuelans migrants hit a cross-border road at dawn, hoping to get a head start in Brazil's northern savannah.
The PRA offers overnight accommodation, food, protection, and hygiene services for migrants and refugees who have just arrived in Brazil, as well as for the ones waiting for civil documentation and not staying in longer-term shelters.
Timely assistance makes a difference for hundreds arriving through the border daily, explains Priscila Leite, IOM field coordinator in Pacaraima.
She said, “between the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023 there has been a considerable increase in migrants compared to previous years. The inflow is more or less 500 people per day, may be a little more or a little less. And every day, from Monday to Sunday, the whole set of services we offer to migrants at the borders makes a difference in people's lives.”
Operação Acolhida, or Operation Welcome, is the humanitarian response and reception provided by the Brazilian Federal Government in Roraima, one of Brazil's least developed and least populated states, in response to a historic influx of migrants and refugees arriving from Venezuela since 2017. It has been recognized as a model for the region.
Jose Francisco, a Venezuelan migrant said, “I came to Brazil looking for an improvement, an honest and humble job to be able to give my children what they need.”
Dianora travels with her daughter with special needs, her two teenage sons, and her 60-year-old mother from Venezuela's Bolivar state. The family is going to Brasilia to reunite with Dianora's husband, the children's father, who has been working there for five years.
She said, “it was challenging to leave my country, but I am very grateful to have the opportunity to come to Brazil and reunite with my husband," she explains with teary eyes. "Above all, we are looking for a fresh start. And to provide a brighter future for our children."
Leite said, "IOM is working hand-in-hand with the Brazilian Government's Operation Welcome, at all stages of the response, from arrival information points, medical and psychosocial support, overnight accommodation, and voluntary internal relocation. We have already helped tens of thousands of Venezuelans to rebuild their lives, with dignity, in Brazil."
More than 800,000 Venezuelans have crossed into Brazil through its northern border in recent years, seeking medical attention, food, and new opportunities.
Operation Welcome has three pillars: (1) Border Management, providing migrants and refugees with reception, identification, documentation, basic medical care, and immunization; (2) Accommodation in the border cities, including food, education, health and psychological care, and social protection and (3) Voluntary Relocation to other parts of Brazil where they have greater access to economic opportunities and integration.
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