Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodriguez promised Monday that Venezuelans who had left their country would be welcomed back with open arms under a new amnesty law passed last week, following the US ouster of Nicolas Maduro.

“I am telling you: the doors of Venezuela, the arms of the Venezuelan people are open to those who want to return in this process of healing from hatred,” she said in a televised address.

Seven million Venezuelans have fled their homeland due to the political and economic crisis and many opposition figures live in exile.

Meanwhile, more than $880 million of Venezuelan assets have been frozen in Switzerland, the Swiss foreign ministry told AFP on Monday, for the first time providing a figure.

On January 5, a regulation blocking the assets of former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro entered into force. The measure also concerned his wife and other family members, as well as government ministers.

“As of today, Swiss financial intermediaries have reported a total of 687 million Swiss francs” have been frozen in connection with the regulation, said the foreign ministry, which did not provide a breakdown of assets by owner.

The ministry called the asset freeze a preventative measure.

“It is intended to prevent any capital flight and enable mutual legal assistance between Venezuela and Switzerland,” it added. No current members of the Venezuelan government are covered by the regulation, noted the Swiss foreign ministry.