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A holiday gala far away from home.

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Musicians of the Roraima Orchestra

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give free concerts to promote themselves.

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The musicians are mostly Venezuelan migrants

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trying to make it in Peru.

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But it's hard,

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says lead viola player Guillermo Gonzalez.

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Although he's a professional musician,

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the only job he's been able to land,

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cleaning car tires,

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has increased injuries to his back.

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Most Venezuelan migrants

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are willing to do any job,

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and most without healthcare.

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I've stopped eating some food to buy pills.

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One of my colleagues gave me part of his salary,

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so I managed to pay for 10 appointments.

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But for the most part,

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no one gives me a hand.

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More than 1.2 million Venezuelans

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are displaced in Peru.

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The National Superintendency for Migration

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says nearly 80% of them don't have

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health insurance or other benefits.

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At the Santa Rosa Parish

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on the outskirts of the capital,

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at least 50 poor Venezuelan families

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live on handouts.

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Most don't have money for food

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or a stable job,

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and many have health problems.

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The law here says that only

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migrant children under 5 years old

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and pregnant women

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can have free medical care.

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The rest must have a residence card,

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but the majority doesn't have one.

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Joselyn Rojas says her son Cristian will soon turn 6

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and lose his free healthcare.

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However, she says,

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it doesn't make much of a difference

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to have a work permit.

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My husband has the residency card,

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but he works in an informal job

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where he has no benefits.

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So we're simply up in the air,

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without anything.

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Economists here say

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Venezuelans have contributed to Peru's GDP

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with 0.2% last year.

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But the challenges continue to be great.

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We're talking about

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an extraordinary situation,

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for which we have to generate

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extraordinary norms.

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We are talking with the authorities

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to advance the paperwork

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as the door opener for these rights.

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Nearly 30% of Venezuelan migrants

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are professionals, but 9 out of 10

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do not work in their expertise.

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Among these musicians, there are

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security guards, cooks, street vendors.

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Many say they hope they can

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soon play full time, but for now,

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their contribution to Peruvians

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is music that heals the soul.

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Mariana Sanchez, Al Jazeera, Lima, Peru.