The UN's just released the 2024 "Inter-Agency Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela", a planning and budget document for handing out $1.6 billion in 17 Latin America countries.
A migrant holding up a debit card given to him by the United Nations.
5 A migrant holding up a debit card given to him by the United Nations.
Todd Bensman The documents clear up any mystery about what the UN and NGOs are doing on the migrant trails and leaves no room for supposedly debunking "Fact checks." In a nutshell, the UN and its advocacy partners want to spread $372 million in "Cash and Voucher Assistance," and "Multipurpose Cash Assistance" to 624,300 immigrants who in-transit to the United States during 2024.
A sign for migrants to register with the UN. 5 A sign for migrants to register with the UN. Todd Bensman The money handout program "Has taken on increasing importance," it explains elsewhere, because it gives growing numbers of immigrants "The flexibility to cover their expenses and needs they deem most urgent, increasing their dignity and autonomy." Over the past three years, I have visited UN waystations featuring long lines of US-bound immigrants applying for aid to clipboard-wielding workers handing out cash cards and other goodies, from Reynosa and Monterrey in the north of Mexico to Tapachula in the far south.
The 2024 "Inter-Agency Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela" confirms that the UN and non-governmental organizations are giving migrants debit cards.
5 The 2024 "Inter-Agency Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela" confirms that the UN and non-governmental organizations are giving migrants debit cards.
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