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  • Statement by UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie as Venezuelan refugees and migrants top 4 million

    news UNHCR News, 08 Jun 2019 (4 years ago )
    In 2002, 2010 and 2012 I was in Ecuador visiting some of the many Colombians who had fled the conflict. I said to the families that I met that I looked forward to visiting Colombia itself, when peace made it possible for refugees to return. Today, I have met returning Colombian refugees, but...
  • UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie travels to Colombia’s border area with Venezuela

    news UNHCR News, 07 Jun 2019 (4 years ago )
    UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie will travel to Colombia’s border area with Venezuela on Friday to assess the humanitarian response to the exodus of Venezuelan refugees and migrants – the largest and fastest movement of people in Latin America’s recent history. Jolie is undertaking a two-day mi...
  • Refugees and migrants from Venezuela top 4 million: UNHCR and IOM

    news UNHCR News, 07 Jun 2019 (4 years ago )
    The number of Venezuelans leaving their country has reached 4 million, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and IOM, the International Organization for Migration, announced today. Globally, Venezuelans are one of the single largest population groups displaced from their country. The pace of the outflow ...
  • Majority fleeing Venezuela in need of refugee protection – UNHCR

    news UNHCR News, 21 May 2019 (4 years ago )
    Given the worsening political, economic, human rights and humanitarian situation in Venezuela that to date has seen 3.7 million people leave, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, now considers that the majority of those fleeing the country are in need of international refugee protection. In an updated g...
  • Death threats and disease drive more Venezuelans to flee

    news UNHCR News, 21 May 2019 (4 years ago )
    Given the deteriorating circumstances, UNHCR today issued updated guidance, calling on countries to allow Venezuelans access to their territory and highlighting the critical importance of ensuring access to asylum procedures for those forced to run for their lives. The note also recommends countries...
  • Venezuelans on the run find respite in Ecuador hostel

    news UNHCR News, 06 May 2019 (4 years ago )
    Carmen, 48, has spent most of her life selling fruit, but a dozen years ago she opened a hostel as another small source of income. At first, it was a convenient stop for tourists. Since the beginning of 2018, however, most of the guests are not travelling for fun, nor do they pay for their stay – th...
  • Fears for Venezuelans missing in Caribbean shipwreck

    news UNHCR News, 26 Apr 2019 (4 years ago )
    UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned about the fate of at least 21 Venezuelans missing after their boat sank this week en route from Venezuela to Trinidad and Tobago. This tragic incident highlights the extreme risks of sea journeys and other irregular cross-border movements undertak...
  • Venezuelans living in the streets find safety at new reception centre in Colombia

    news UNHCR News, 15 Apr 2019 (4 years ago )
    With a population of around 100,000, Maicao currently hosts 30,000 refugees and migrants. An assessment conducted by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in February revealed that half of the 3,500 Venezuelans interviewed were living in the streets or in informal settlements in and around the city. Refu...
  • Venezuelans living on the streets find security in a new reception center in Colombia

    news UNHCR News, 15 Apr 2019 (4 years ago )
    Thousands of families from Venezuela who arrive in Maicao, Colombia do so with very little means to survive, if they have any means at all. Many of them have lived in streets, parking lots, public spaces or makeshift tents for several months, since shelter capacity in the city is very limited. Wi...
  • Joint UNHCR-IOM Press Release: Third International Technical Meeting on Human Mobility of Venezuelan Citizens in the Americas

    news UNHCR News, 11 Apr 2019 (4 years ago )
    The Third International Technical Meeting on Human Mobility of Venezuelan Citizens in the Americas (Quito III) concluded today, with a declaration that highlights the importance of coordination, communication and articulation among host countries and the importance of international cooperation. “Int...