Once in their homeland, 400,000 children have a safe space to learn and grow, President Maduro pointed out.

On Tuesday, President Nicolas Maduro announced that Venezuelan public schools had received approximately 400,000 returning migrant children over the past four months.

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In the countries where they had previously resided, the children “did not have the right to free public education. In many places, they were discriminated against for being Venezuelan due to the smear campaign led by the far right against Venezuela,” he recalled.

“These children came to Venezuela, where they are safe, happy, and receiving an education. In their homeland, they now have a secure space to learn and grow,” Maduro stressed, reiterating his call for Venezuelans living abroad to return to “undertake new endeavors, work, and build in their homeland and to help strengthen our nation so that they can be happy here.”

“Venezuela must become a paradise for our people—we have to make it happen. There is still much to do, but we will achieve it… Unlike others, we tell our migrants that we want them to come back,” the Venezuelan president stated.

In October 2024, Education Minister Hector Rodriguez ordered that school enrollment remain open throughout the academic year to ensure the education of young people returning to the country from abroad. He stated that educational institutions should assess these students and place them in a “leveling classroom” before integrating them into their appropriate grade levels.

According to official data, approximately 2.5 million Venezuelans have migrated abroad in recent years, 48% of whom have already returned to their homeland. The 400,000 children incorporated into the Venezuelan education system were part of this migratory flow.

President Maduro reiterated that U.S. economic sanctions triggered Venezuelan migration between 2017 and 2019. He also blamed human traffickers linked to far-right groups for luring Venezuelans away with false promises.

teleSUR/ JF Source: EFE

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