Realidad del migrante irregular venezolano empleado en la actividad del bicitaxismo en la localidad de Kennedy – sector Dindalito

Abstract

In this study were determined and analyzed the working conditions of Venezuelan irregular migrants who work as pedicabs drivers in the city of Bogotá D.C.- Locality Kennedy - Sector Dindalito, specifically on 42nd Street South. The information was obtained through surveys and interviews conducted with 20 Venezuelan citizens who develop such activity on the street already mentioned. It was emphasized, mainly, in the causes that originated the appearance of pedicabs as a means of ground transportation of passengers in the city of Bogotá D.C. and its current importance in the context of mobility and in the world of work. This activity has solved a serious problem related to the inefficiency of the urban passenger transport system in the Capital District, as well as straight, pedicabs´service, as a source of work for hundreds of citizens, not only from Colombia, but also from Venezuela, due to the current migratory crisis. On this last aspect, the Venezuelan migrant, specifically those who had entered illegally in the country, several topics were emphasized. First, the antecedents of the Venezuelan migration are enunciated to contextualize, not only from the global point of view, but also regional, the consequences of this phenomenon and its mainly impact in Colombia. Second, is to determine the reasons and conditions in which the currently Venezuelan migrant arrives in an irregular way to the country, and chooses to work in the pedicabs service. Third, the labor reality and issues that they face such as: The working day, Compensation, The existence of work contract elements, Social Security System inaccessibility, Non-recognition, Non-payment of social benefits, The configuration of duties and rights in the head of the subjects that are part of the employment relationship and the social impact that all of the above has generated.