As of June 1, the Bolivarian government has repatriated 5,341 migrants from Mexico and the United States.

On Friday, the Return to the Homeland Plan facilitated the return of 194 Venezuelan migrants on a CONVIASA flight that transported 156 men, 26 women and 10 minors—two of whom were unaccompanied.

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Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello recounted the case of these two children whose mother had previously returned to Venezuela, while their sister was detained abroad and their father remains imprisoned in the United States. “This family was separated. This is what inhumane policies do,” he said.

The children’s parents were detained in December along with their sister, leaving their 9-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son in the care of an uncle who was unable to return. Once the Venezuelan government learned of the situation, however, it coordinated the repatriation of the migrants and succeeded in reuniting the family.

Speaking about the family separation, Cabello described the U.S. sanctions against Venezuela as “a punishment to the Venezuelan family,” and criticized far-right opposition leaders such as Maria Corina Machado, who “has never raised her voice” for Venezuelans detained in El Salvador or for cases like that of 2-year-old Maikellys, who was separated from her mother for weeks.

The text reads, “On the morning of Friday, June 6, Venezuela received a new flight from the Return to the Homeland Plan with 194 compatriots returning to the country from the U.S.”

On Thursday night, President Nicolas Maduro accused his U.S. President Donald Trump of lying when he claimed that Venezuela “does not want to receive migrants.” The Bolivarian leader pointed out that the Return to the Homeland Plan—implemented in 2018—proves otherwise.

As of June 1, the Return to the Homeland Plan has repatriated 5,341 migrants from Mexico and the United States: 3,509 men, 1,013 women and 819 children.

“We are the only country in the world that not only receives but actively seeks out its migrants,” Interior Minister Cabello said.

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Sources: VTV – teleSUR

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