Angelina Jolie calls for more international support for Venezuelan refugees in Peru

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Angelina Jolie calls for more international support for Venezuelan refugees in Peru

UNHCR News, 23 Oct 2018

URL: http://www.unhcr.org/news/latest/2018/10/5bcf9c7d4/angelina-jolie-calls-international-support-venezuelan-refugees-peru.html
Since August 2018, Tumbes, a hot and dusty border town in Peru’s arid northern coast, has seen the arrival of tens of thousands of destitute Venezuelan refugees and migrants. Currently, some 2,000 cross from Ecuador every day. UNHCR’s Special Envoy, Angelina Jolie, was there this week, in order to witness the humanitarian situation, during an official visit to Peru on behalf of UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, who visited Tumbes himself earlier this month.