Location name | Source | Data date | Population | |
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Argentina | Government | 31 Aug 2018 | 0.2% | 503 |
Aruba | UNHCR | 30 Apr 2018 | 0.0% | 78 |
Brazil | Government | 31 Jul 2018 | 17.4% | 57,575 |
Canada | Government | 28 Feb 2018 | 0.7% | 2,411 |
Chile | Government | 30 Jun 2018 | 0.9% | 2,915 |
Colombia | Government | 30 Jun 2018 | 0.6% | 2,057 |
Costa Rica | Government | 30 Jun 2018 | 2.2% | 7,137 |
Curaçao | UNHCR | 31 Dec 2017 | 0.2% | 679 |
Dominican Republic | UNHCR | 31 Mar 2018 | 0.0% | 99 |
Ecuador | Government | 31 Aug 2018 | 2.6% | 8,478 |
Mexico | Government | 31 Jul 2018 | 2.1% | 7,000 |
Panama | Government | 31 Mar 2018 | 2.2% | 7,122 |
Peru | Government | 15 Jun 2018 | 38.5% | 126,997 |
Spain | Government | 31 Aug 2018 | 8.6% | 28,323 |
Trinidad and Tobago | UNHCR | 31 Jul 2018 | 1.5% | 4,847 |
United States of America | Government | 30 Jun 2018 | 22.0% | 72,722 |
Uruguay | Government | 31 Aug 2018 | 0.0% | 62 |
Various | UNHCR, Government | 30 Jun 2018 | 0.4% | 1,177 |
Location name | Source | Data date | Population | |
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Argentina | Government | 29 May 2018 | 11.4% | 77,936 |
Brazil | Government | 30 Apr 2018 | 3.7% | 25,311 |
Canada | Government | 28 Feb 2018 | 0.3% | 1,817 |
Chile | Government | 31 Dec 2017 | 12.3% | 84,479 |
Colombia | Government | 31 Aug 2018 | 38.4% | 262,535 |
Costa Rica | Government | 24 Nov 2017 | 0.8% | 5,600 |
Ecuador | Government | 31 Aug 2018 | 13.2% | 90,000 |
Mexico | Government | 30 Jun 2018 | 4.8% | 32,632 |
Panama | Government | 31 Mar 2018 | 7.5% | 51,420 |
Paraguay | Government | 22 Apr 2018 | 0.1% | 576 |
Peru | Government | 19 May 2018 | 6.8% | 46,299 |
Uruguay | Government | 30 Apr 2018 | 0.8% | 5,734 |
ACNUR (UNHCR) Brasil | |
ACNUR Brasil Website | |
ACNUR (UNHCR) Colombia | |
ACNUR Colombia Website | |
ACNUR (UNHCR) Ecuador | |
ACNUR Ecuador Website | |
ACNUR (UNHCR) Perú | |
ACNUR Peru Website | |
ACNUR (UNHCR) Venezuela | |
ACNUR Venezuela Website |
Over 117,000 asylum claims from Venezuelans have already been filed in 2018, surpassing the total number of claims made in all of 2017. | |
20 Jun 2018 | |
Peru is now the largest refugee hosting country in Latin America, with 126,997 asylum applications since 2014. | |
20 Jun 2018 | |
The mass registration of Venezuelans irregularly present in Colombia, supported by UNHCR and IOM, has concluded with 442,462 individuals registered. Key results include the fact that 98.8% lack access to healthcare and only 48.7% of children are enrolled in schools. | |
20 Jun 2018 | |
In Brazil, 527 Venezuelan nationals have been relocated from border regions to Brazilian cities in the country (Cuiabá, Manaus and São Paulo) to ease pressure on border communities and support Venezuelans to begin new lives. | |
20 Jun 2018 | |
More than 340,000 Venezuelans have entered Ecuador since the beginning of 2018 (compared to 287,000 arrivals registered for the whole of 2017). | |
20 Jun 2018 | |
On April 6th, the Colombian Government began a mass registration of undocumented Venezuelans in Colombia. UNHCR and IOM are jointly supporting the process, providing training to local officials, technical support, equipment, human resources and mass communications. | |
11 Apr 2018 |
UNHCR Statement, 23 Aug 2018
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi and the Director General of the United Nations Migration Agency, IOM, William Lacy Swing appealed for greater support from the international community to the countries and communities in the region receiving a growing number of refugees and migran... Read more
UNHCR Briefing Note, 10 Aug 2018
On August 8th, in response to the massive influx of Venezuelans arriving to the country, the Government of Ecuador declared a state of emergency in human mobility in the provinces of Carchi, Pichincha and El Oro. UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, welcomes and supports this decision, which allows Ecuador... Read more
UNHCR Web Story, 07 Aug 2018
With medicine and food scarce at home, indigenous Warao and Wayúu peoples are abandoning their lands to seek refuge in Brazil and Colombia. Read more
UNHCR Statement, 07 Aug 2018
UNHCR welcomes last night’s decision of the Brazilian Supreme Court to overturn a decision by a Federal Judge in Roraima border state to suspend admission of Venezuelans to the country and close the border. Read more
UNHCR Press Release, 02 Aug 2018
The UN system, under the leadership of The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and The International Organization for Migration (IOM), said it will continue working with the authorities and its partners to expand humanitarian, technical and financial assistance to respond to the needs of Venezuelans, as well ... Read more
UNHCR Web Story, 23 Jul 2018
The tenth temporary shelter site in the state of Roraima opened to welcome 569 Venezuelans still living in the streets of Boa Vista. The new site is composed of 120 Refugee Housing Units, used for the first time in Latin America. Read more