Asylum applications by Venezuelans soar to over 400,000

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Asylum applications by Venezuelans soar to over 400,000

UNHCR News, 08 Mar 2019

URL: https://www.unhcr.org/news/press/2019/3/5c826efe2e9/asylum-applications-venezuelans-soar-400000.html?utm_source=NEWS&utm_medium=email&utm_content=2nd+section+3rd+story+unhcr&utm_campaign=HQ_EN_therefugeebrief_staff_20190311
As a result of the situation in Venezuela, the number of asylum applications by Venezuelan citizens worldwide has increased exponentially, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced on 8 March. Since 2014, over 414,000 asylum claims have been lodged by Venezuelans worldwide, nearly 60 percent of them (248,000), during 2018 alone.

Two thirds of asylum applications by Venezuelans were registered in Latin America and the rest in North America and some European countries.