CARACAS, Venezuela.- The conditions of vulnerability of migrants in host nations are currently the main factor by which more than 15 thousand Venezuelans have returned to the country since last year,  through the Turn to the Fatherland Plan.

Created by President Nicolas Maduro, this program functions as an air and land bridge for the voluntary return of citizens and their families who lack their own means to pay for their ticket.

According to testimonies of the returnees, economic problems and the impossibility of obtaining decent employment are the main reasons for the return to Venezuela, besides acts of xenophobia, labor exploitation and social abuse.

The report of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reveals that more than 7 thousand Venezuelans returned from Brazil, while from Peru just over 3 thousand.