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Asylum-seekers from Venezuela 2014-17

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Asylum-seekers from Venezuela 2014-17 JSON 
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Asylum-Seekers 2014 - 17 JSON 
Asylum-seekers from Venezuela JSON 
Location name Source Data date Population
Argentina Government 19 Sep 2017
  0.1% 		113
Aruba Government 19 Sep 2017
  0.0% 		12
Brazil Government 24 Oct 2017
  17.8% 		17,700
Canada Government 19 Sep 2017
  1.6% 		1,566
Chile Government 24 Oct 2017
  1.0% 		959
Costa Rica Government 24 Oct 2017
  4.0% 		3,949
Curaçao Government 19 Sep 2017
  0.1% 		70
Ecuador Government 19 Sep 2017
  1.6% 		1,563
Mexico Government 19 Sep 2017
  2.0% 		1,949
Panama Government 19 Sep 2017
  3.1% 		3,096
Peru Government 20 Sep 2017
  9.6% 		9,518
Spain Government 19 Sep 2017
  12.1% 		12,036
Trinidad and Tobago Government 24 Oct 2017
  0.5% 		462
United States of America Government 19 Sep 2017
  46.6% 		46,248
Uruguay Government 19 Sep 2017
  0.0% 		29


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