Nicolás Maduro’s administration in Venezuela launched a website for the relatives of Venezuelans unjustly deported by the government of President Donald Trump in the United States to El Salvador, so they can make their complaint by registering the information of their loved ones and the circumstances in which they were detained.
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The congressman Jorge Rodríguez, president of the National Assembly, informed that complainants can access the website www.migrante.gob.ve and can also visit Instagram @migrantesven.
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“We are opening this page migrantes.gob.ve. Register there, make your complaint, share your testimony, make your proposals, come up with an action plan with us,” said Rodríguez.
When accessing the website, it appears as a strategy of the Committee for the Defense of Venezuelan Migrants, which identifies itself as “a collective committed to the defense and promotion of human rights focused on denouncing and making visible the particular situation of vulnerability that Venezuelan citizens face in the United States, where presidential policy has been dedicated to stigmatizing migration.”
It emphasizes that “the persecution, imprisonment, and deportation of Venezuelans without due process is an aberration that should not leave us indifferent and constitutes an anachronistic and illegal fact that evokes the most nefarious episodes of human history.”
Data on deported individuals to El Salvador on a website
Upon entering the website, the phrase “Report unjust deportations now. Do it before it’s too late” stands out, and gives the option to click on a yellow box that says “report now.”
The Maduro administration has already classified the deportees to El Salvador as “kidnapped,” so on the website, they request the data of the detained person, whom they refer to as a victim, as well as the information of the person reporting the case or making the complaint.
By clicking on “report now,” a box is displayed to complete the information of the person reporting (victim, family member, non-governmental organization, or other), name and surname of the reporter, as well as the victim, contact email, and a description of the incident is requested. After entering the data, click on “submit report.”
The portal not only encourages reporting cases of those deported to El Salvador, but also urges exposing if you know someone who may be at risk of being deported. Additionally, they present a ‘Manifesto Letter’ that they ask to sign to unite against Trump’s measures. The letter begins by saying: “If they treat us as enemies, we must unite. Migrating is not a crime. Enough of human rights violations.”
The goal is to gather information about each of the deportees and their circumstances, so that the corresponding arrangements can be made to get them out of their detention site and take them to Venezuela.