1 00:00:03,889 --> 00:00:06,533 A holiday gala far away from home. 2 00:00:08,719 --> 00:00:10,710 Musicians of the Roraima Orchestra 3 00:00:10,710 --> 00:00:12,889 give free concerts to promote themselves. 4 00:00:14,250 --> 00:00:15,358 The musicians are 5 00:00:15,358 --> 00:00:16,777 mostly Venezuelan migrants 6 00:00:16,777 --> 00:00:18,468 trying to make it in Peru. 7 00:00:19,518 --> 00:00:20,581 But it's hard, 8 00:00:20,581 --> 00:00:23,043 says lead viola player Guillermo Gonzalez. 9 00:00:27,795 --> 00:00:29,919 Although he's a professional musician, 10 00:00:29,919 --> 00:00:32,268 the only job he's been able to land, 11 00:00:32,268 --> 00:00:33,718 cleaning car tires, 12 00:00:33,718 --> 00:00:35,957 has increased injuries to his back. 13 00:00:36,452 --> 00:00:37,663 Most Venezuelan migrants 14 00:00:37,663 --> 00:00:39,441 are willing to do any job, 15 00:00:39,441 --> 00:00:41,517 and most without healthcare. 16 00:00:43,518 --> 00:00:44,984 I've stopped eating some food 17 00:00:44,984 --> 00:00:45,999 to buy pills. 18 00:00:45,999 --> 00:00:47,057 One of my colleagues 19 00:00:47,057 --> 00:00:48,511 gave me part of his salary, 20 00:00:48,511 --> 00:00:50,484 so I managed to pay for 10 appointments. 21 00:00:50,484 --> 00:00:51,638 But for the most part, 22 00:00:51,638 --> 00:00:53,462 no one gives me a hand. 23 00:00:56,883 --> 00:00:59,251 More than 1.2 million Venezuelans 24 00:00:59,251 --> 00:01:00,939 are displaced in Peru. 25 00:01:00,939 --> 00:01:03,177 The National Superintendency for Migration 26 00:01:03,177 --> 00:01:05,876 says nearly 80% of them don't have 27 00:01:05,876 --> 00:01:08,189 health insurance or other benefits. 28 00:01:10,815 --> 00:01:12,288 At the Santa Rosa Parish 29 00:01:12,288 --> 00:01:14,013 on the outskirts of the capital, 30 00:01:14,013 --> 00:01:16,526 at least 50 poor Venezuelan families 31 00:01:16,526 --> 00:01:17,940 live on handouts. 32 00:01:19,187 --> 00:01:21,289 Most don't have money for food 33 00:01:21,289 --> 00:01:22,677 or a stable job, 34 00:01:22,677 --> 00:01:24,589 and many have health problems. 35 00:01:25,335 --> 00:01:26,415 The law here says that 36 00:01:26,415 --> 00:01:28,989 only migrant children under 5 years old 37 00:01:28,989 --> 00:01:30,289 and pregnant women 38 00:01:30,289 --> 00:01:32,339 can have free medical care. 39 00:01:32,339 --> 00:01:35,188 The rest must have a residence card, 40 00:01:35,188 --> 00:01:37,314 but the majority doesn't have one. 41 00:01:38,686 --> 00:01:40,914 Joselyn Rojas says her son Cristian 42 00:01:40,914 --> 00:01:42,365 will soon turn 6 43 00:01:42,365 --> 00:01:44,206 and lose his free healthcare. 44 00:01:44,206 --> 00:01:45,402 However, she says, 45 00:01:45,402 --> 00:01:47,197 it doesn't make much of a difference 46 00:01:47,197 --> 00:01:48,477 to have a work permit. 47 00:01:49,671 --> 00:01:51,905 My husband has the residency card, 48 00:01:51,905 --> 00:01:53,987 but he works in an informal job 49 00:01:53,987 --> 00:01:55,887 where he has no benefits. 50 00:01:55,887 --> 00:01:58,025 So we're simply up in the air, 51 00:01:58,025 --> 00:01:59,163 without anything. 52 00:02:00,502 --> 00:02:01,961 Economists here say 53 00:02:01,961 --> 00:02:04,525 Venezuelans have contributed to Peru's GDP 54 00:02:04,525 --> 00:02:07,365 with 0.2% last year. 55 00:02:07,365 --> 00:02:09,861 But the challenges continue to be great. 56 00:02:11,038 --> 00:02:12,071 We're talking about 57 00:02:12,071 --> 00:02:13,360 an extraordinary situation, 58 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:14,759 for which we have to generate 59 00:02:14,759 --> 00:02:16,077 extraordinary norms. 60 00:02:16,077 --> 00:02:17,759 We are talking with the authorities 61 00:02:17,759 --> 00:02:19,272 to advance the paperwork 62 00:02:19,272 --> 00:02:21,924 as the door opener for these rights. 63 00:02:25,006 --> 00:02:27,334 Nearly 30% of Venezuelan migrants 64 00:02:27,334 --> 00:02:29,722 are professionals, but 9 out of 10 65 00:02:29,722 --> 00:02:32,097 do not work in their expertise. 66 00:02:32,097 --> 00:02:33,772 Among these musicians, there are 67 00:02:33,772 --> 00:02:36,681 security guards, cooks, street vendors. 68 00:02:36,681 --> 00:02:37,685 Many say they hope 69 00:02:37,685 --> 00:02:40,772 they can soon play full time, but for now, 70 00:02:40,772 --> 00:02:42,735 their contribution to Peruvians 71 00:02:42,735 --> 00:02:45,902 is music that heals the soul. 72 00:02:45,902 --> 00:02:48,307 Mariana Sanchez, Al Jazeera, Lima, Peru.