She went to a shelter in the Peruvian capital run by volunteers. The actress is a representative of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
She went to a shelter in the Peruvian capital run by volunteers.
The actress is a representative of the United Nations Agency for Refugees (UNHCR).
The famous movie star Angelina Jolie met on Monday with hundreds of Venezuelans who remain in a shelter in Lima, where they arrived after fleeing the economic and social crisis that their country is going through.
The visit is carried out within the framework of her functions as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Jolie will be in Peruvian territory for three days.
With the help of a translator, the actress said Sunday afternoon that she wants "people to know that you have not left Venezuela because you wanted to get a better job. The situation is much more serious than people think. be a good situation (that of Venezuela) if two and a half million have left the country! "
She added that Venezuela "is not a place where people want to move because yes, but because of the serious situation they are living now."
Jolie arrived on Sunday afternoon at the shelter called "Sin Fronteras", in San Juan de Lurigancho, where one of the women, who did not identify herself to journalists, said that up to there "many walked 17, 23 days ... After hearing those stories, I think I came like a queen. I came with dollars and by bus because my family could still (pay). "
On Jolie's agenda are meetings with representatives of civil and social entities that contribute to Venezuelan immigrants and refugees.
