Caracas, February 26, 2025.- The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), in collaboration with the Bolivarian Military Academy of Venezuela, held a discussion on Tuesday titled The Role of Migration in International Geopolitics.

Pedro Sassone, Deputy Minister for Comprehensive Attention to Venezuelan Migration at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, emphasized that migration is a topic that belongs to the youth, as they are the generation seeking development and growth.

Sassone stated that it is essential to study and understand the reasons behind migration in order to address this phenomenon in Venezuela and the region. Regarding the Venezuelan case, he pointed out that unconventional warfare, reinforced by sanctions, was one of the main drivers of the exodus of hundreds of Venezuelans to other countries.

The Deputy Minister asserted that the implementation of coercive measures resulted in migration, an action aimed at overthrowing the Bolivarian Government and undermining the nation’s prosperity. “Migration is the consequence of an attack on a country from an economic, social, and political perspective,” he added.

Meanwhile, sociologist Eulalia Tabares stated that, according to international law, “it is not a country’s obligation to repatriate its citizens; the obligation is to assist and advise them (…). However, what happens is that Venezuela’s Bolivarian Diplomacy of Peace has reversed this, turning what is not an obligation for other countries into a duty for us.”

She highlighted that Venezuela has implemented the Plan Vuelta a la Patria (Return to the Homeland Plan), a repatriation program for Venezuelans—a policy that does not exist in any other country. “Venezuela has the Plan Vuelta a la Patria, a plan that does not exist anywhere else. You will not find such a plan in any other country, and this will not appear on CNN (…). That is why we must bring visibility to all of this, so we can truly understand what the Bolivarian Diplomacy of Peace represents.”