Location name | Source | Data date | Population | |
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Argentina | Government | 31 May 2020 | 0.4% | 3,940 |
Brazil | Government | 30 Nov 2019 | 14.5% | 129,988 |
Canada | Government | 31 Jan 2019 | 0.5% | 4,273 |
Chile | Government | 31 Dec 2019 | 0.4% | 3,499 |
Colombia | Government | 8 May 2019 | 0.6% | 5,303 |
Costa Rica | Government | 31 Dec 2019 | 0.8% | 6,809 |
Curaçao | UNHCR | 31 Dec 2019 | 0.0% | 379 |
Ecuador | Government | 30 Apr 2020 | 3.2% | 29,078 |
Mexico | Government | 2 Apr 2020 | 2.2% | 19,960 |
Panama | Government | 6 Mar 2020 | 0.4% | 3,747 |
Peru | Government | 31 Dec 2019 | 53.9% | 482,571 |
Spain | Government | 15 Jan 2020 | 8.5% | 76,401 |
Trinidad and Tobago | UNHCR | 31 Jan 2020 | 1.9% | 17,391 |
United States of America | Government | 31 Dec 2019 | 12.2% | 108,942 |
Uruguay | Government | 30 Apr 2020 | 0.1% | 748 |
Various | UNHCR, Government | 5 May 2020 | 0.3% | 2,947 |
Location name | Source | Data date | Population | |
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Argentina | Government | 19 May 2020 | 8.0% | 203,576 |
Brazil | Government | 30 Nov 2019 | 4.8% | 123,507 |
Canada | Government | 31 Mar 2018 | 0.2% | 5,705 |
Chile | Government | 30 Jun 2019 | 18.5% | 472,827 |
Colombia | Government | 29 May 2020 | 30.6% | 784,234 |
Costa Rica | Government | 31 Dec 2019 | 0.2% | 6,164 |
Curaçao | Government | 31 Dec 2018 | 0.1% | 1,291 |
Dominican Republic | Government | 30 Jun 2019 | 0.3% | 7,946 |
Ecuador | Government | 19 May 2020 | 7.0% | 179,787 |
Mexico | Government | 31 Dec 2019 | 2.1% | 52,982 |
Panama | Government | 29 Feb 2020 | 2.9% | 75,142 |
Paraguay | Government | 8 Jan 2020 | 0.0% | 1,191 |
Peru | Government | 7 Feb 2020 | 24.6% | 628,976 |
Uruguay | Government | 29 Feb 2020 | 0.6% | 16,404 |
ACNUR (UNHCR) Perú | |
ACNUR Peru Website | |
ACNUR Perú | |
Material: Capacitación en Respuesta Humanitaria Inclusiva | |
OIM Perú | |
The right to education of people on the move: UNESCO calls on Latin American and Caribbean countries to provide answers beyond migratory emergency responses | |
The conclusions of the regional forum “Education beyond borders: Regional solidarity for the guarantee of the right to education for people on the move” were released by UNESCO on October 17, 2019. The document issues a call to build cross-border regional educational responses in a complex context of large-scale international movements that cannot be successfully addressed solely through national solutions, UNESCO states. |
As of December 2019, the GIFMM members and its partners implemented activities in 30 departments and 186 municipalities in Colombia. As a result, 364,145 refugees and migrants from Venezuela received basic medical attention; 268,551 were reached through food assistance; 151,342 children benefited from protection and child friendly spaces; 58,165 people accessed a safe potable water source in accordance with the Sphere Standards; 56,431 received multi-purpose cash transfers; 21,244 were reached through humanitarian transport assistance; 2,327 people participated in trainings on routes to access employment; and 735 local authorities and health institutions supported with technical assistance, logistics and capacity building for health services. | |
31 Dec 2019 | |
The United Nations stated on its Global Humanitarian Overview for 2019 that it is seeking USD 738 million to help neighboring countries cope with the inflow of millions of refugees and migrants from Venezuela. | |
04 Dec 2018 | |
On November 22 and 23, the II International Technical Meeting on Human Mobility of Venezuelan Citizens in the Americas took place in Quito. 15 American countries were invited to discuss a Plan of Action proposed by Ecuador to respond to the Venezuela situation. | |
23 Nov 2018 | |
3 million Venezuelans living outside their country and 2.4 million of them residing in Latin American and Caribbean countries. | |
08 Nov 2018 | |
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 |
UNHCR Press Release, 23 Oct 2019
Joint Press Release by the European Union, UNHCR and IOM Read more
UNHCR Stories, 14 Oct 2019
New measure grants citizenship to the children born to Venezuelan parents on Colombia soil, helping thousands at risk of statelessness. Read more
UNHCR News, 05 Sep 2019
Weakened by hunger, hundreds of Venezuelan refugees and migrants cross the high Andes each day in search of safety in Colombia and beyond. Read more
UNHCR News, 29 Aug 2019
Statement by Eduardo Stein, Joint UNHCR-IOM Special Representative for Venezuelan refugees and migrants Read more
UNHCR News, 19 Aug 2019
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi concluded a four-day visit to Brazil with an urgent appeal for increased international engagement, including by financial institutions and development actors, in the communities hosting Venezuelan refugees and migrants. Read more
UNHCR News, 15 Aug 2019
My visit to Chile – the first by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – comes amidst the largest population movements in Latin America’s recent history. Chile is among the nations most affected by the mass exodus of refugees and migrants from Venezuela, having received around 10 per cen... Read more