The Minister of Foreign Affairs Colombian, Luis Gilberto Murilloproposed a new project that seeks to improve the quality of working life of Venezuelan migrants in the country, it would be a mechanism of always labor.
Work visas
The initiative, which Migración Colombia and the Ministry of Labor are already working on, aims to provide new job opportunities to migrants.because they are people who do not want to be here all the time“Murillo said.
It is worth noting that Colombia is the country that more Venezuelan migrants are welcomed in the world, with an estimated 2,845,706 Venezuelan citizens living in the coffee-growing country.
The chancellor inaugurated the meeting that this year has, among its central themes, the treatment of the rights of socially excluded peoples.
He highlighted that in the last decade Colombia has received 2.8 million Venezuelan migrants.
«We have nearly 600,000 migrant children in the education system and nearly 1.2 million in the health system.“, said.
He stressed that this is an issue that is a State policy, and Colombian society has to offer a commitment. to guarantee the dignity of people who have arrived here this country.
Finally, the minister took the opportunity to recall that in Colombia there are ten ‘Integrate Centres in partnership with the United Nations and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), which are a hub for migrants to receive advice on entering the labor market and receiving social benefits.
(With information from EFE)
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2024-07-06 13:22:15
