Hundreds of demonstrators in Venezuela ask for the return of children separated during the deportations of parents from the US. The UN received an official request to address the situation.
Hundreds of people participated in a demonstration in the Venezuelan metropolis on Thursday and demanded a return of at least 30 children who remained in the United States. Their parents Washington deported to US President Donald Trump’s administration against illegal migration. According to the AFP report, TASR reports this.
One of the protesters at the Assembly read a letter asking for “urgent steps in favor of the return” of children separated from her parents. The letter was then handed over to the United Nations (UN) office in Caracas.
Calls for Washington
Demonstrators carried white balloons, photos of young children and cadule with the inscriptions “SOS, USA, release our children”. They also called on the return of 252 Venezuelans, whose Trump deported to Salvador on March 15.
According to official data, approximately 7,000 people, including 1,000 children, were repatriated from February to the first week of July, AFP recalls.
Dispute over deportations
Since his recurrence to office, Trump has been trying to fight illegal migration in the United States. The March was justified by the Venezueel Salvadorian prison in the problematic Salvador prison of Cecot Washington by being dangerous members of gangs who were illegal in the US. Venezuela condemned the deportation.
Trump introduced the so -called. Travel prohibition, which has partially limited access to the US to the citizens of seven countries – including Venezuela. Her President Nicolás Maduro subsequently accused Trump of spreading lies of this South American country.
