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  • The number of Venezuelans seeking asylum has increased year-on-year since 2014. The total for 2014-2017 has reached approx. 88,000 persons and will likely continue to increase
    highlight 07 Sep 2017 (7 years ago)
    / Venezuela - Asylum-seekers
  • The primary receiving countries of Venezuelan asylum seekers between 2014 and 2017 have been: USA: 46,200, Brazil: 14,400, Spain: 10,000, Peru: 4,700, and Costa Rica: 3,600
    highlight 07 Sep 2017 (7 years ago)
    / Venezuela - Asylum-seekers
  • In the first half of 2021, 92,100 Venezuelans were newly displaced in Latin America and Caribbean.
    highlight 23 Nov 2021 (2 years ago)
    Venezuela / Venezuela - Asylum-seekers
  • 81,000 Venezuelans have entered Peru between January – July 2017, 60% entered through the northern border crossing of Tumbes.
    highlight 15 Nov 2017 (6 years ago)
    / Venezuela - Refugees / Venezuela - Asylum-seekers
  • The Caribbean islands are receiving increasing numbers of Venezuelans, with around 60,000 living in Trinidad and Tobago, Curacao and Aruba.
    highlight 15 Nov 2017 (6 years ago)
    / Venezuela - Refugees / Venezuela - Asylum-seekers
  • Authorities reported some 47,000 Venezuelans crossed into Ecuador in the month of December 2017, 86% of whom crossed via the Rumichaca International Bridge from Colombia. However not all of these people are expected to stay in Ecuador, as many continue to travel southwards overland towards Peru.
    highlight 02 Mar 2018 (6 years ago)
    Venezuela / Venezuela - Refugees / Venezuela - Asylum-seekers
  • In Peru during the first three weeks of January 2018 some 1,000 asylum claims were lodged by Venezuelans before the Special Commission for Refugees Secretariat in Lima.
    highlight 02 Mar 2018 (6 years ago)
    / Venezuela - Refugees / Venezuela - Asylum-seekers
  • In Brazil, 150 Venezuelans are being registered per day. More than 1,200 Venezuelans are living in government and UNHCR supported shelters.
    highlight 02 Mar 2018 (6 years ago)
    / Venezuela - Refugees / Venezuela - Asylum-seekers
  • In Colombia, UNHCR's "Somos Panas" anti-xenophobia campaign has reached more than 2.6 million people, with local and national authorities supporting the campaign to foster understanding towards Venezuelans arriving and living in Colombia.
    highlight 02 Mar 2018 (6 years ago)
    / Venezuela - Refugees / Venezuela - Asylum-seekers
  • In the Southern Caribbean, the first confirmed deaths at sea of Venezuelans were reported, when 5 bodies washed ashore in Curacao after a boat carrying some 30 Venezuelans was shipwrecked.
    highlight 02 Mar 2018 (6 years ago)
    / Venezuela - Refugees / Venezuela - Asylum-seekers