The ambassador of Venezuela in the Dominican Republic, Ali de Jesus Uzcategui Duque says that 3,000 to 4,000 Venezuelans have legal status in the Dominican Republic, while around 20,000 are living here undocumented since last year, as reported in El Dia. He said the number of Venezuelans is determined by those who entered compared to those who have left. The ambassador admitted that economic reasons are behind the migration of most of those arriving in the Dominican Republic.
The ambassador spoke when reading an official document to the press on the Present Political Situation of Venezuela. The document expresses the rejection of the Venezuelan government to the violence created by extremist sectores of the right in Venezuela that seek foreign intervention and are creating a climate of violence affecting the stability of the Venezuelan state.
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El Dia
26 May 2017
