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Grateful Colombian refugee opens home to Venezuelans in need
news UNHCR, 31 Aug 2017 (6 years ago )Angelica Lamos Ballesteros, 51, was welcomed in Venezuela when gun-toting guerrillas forced her from her home in Colombia’s mountainous Norte de Santander department. Now back in Colombia, she has opened her home to Venezuelans in their hour of need. -
UNHCR and IOM support registration of Venezuelans in Colombia
news UNHCR Web Story, 11 May 2018 (5 years ago )The Administrative Registration of Venezuelan Migrants (RAMV) exercise was carried out in Colombia between 6 April - 8 June 2018, with the coordination of the Government, UNHCR and IOM. -
UN supports second transfer of Venezuelans to 3 cities in Brazil
news UNHCR Web Story, 15 May 2018 (5 years ago )A further 527 Venezuelan citizens have been relocated from Boa Vista to the cities of Sao Paulo, Manaus and Cuiaba in Brazil. The relocation was carried out by the Brazilian Army with the support of UNHCR on 15 May. -
Pacaraima Government Reception Center welcomes Venezuelans in Brazil with UN support
news UNHCR Web Story, 18 Jul 2018 (5 years ago )The Pacaraima Reception Center offers information, social and health services for Venezuelans who choose to stay in Brazil. UNHCR is carrying out biometric registration at the centre and identifying specific needs. -
UNHCR ramps up response as Ecuador declares emergency
news UNHCR Briefing Note, 10 Aug 2018 (5 years ago )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... -
Colombia: United Nations opens new office in Barranquilla
news UNHCR News, 04 Oct 2018 (5 years ago )The United Nations System in Colombia opens a new office in the capital of the Atlantic to support the response of the Colombian State to the needs of the population from Venezuela who have settled in the departments of the Caribbean Coast. -
Joint press release between the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jorge Faurie and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Gran...
news UNHCR Press Release, 10 Oct 2018 (5 years ago )The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jorge Faurie and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, held a meeting this morning in order to analyze the issues of mutual interest and they agreed that the displacement of refugees and migrants from Venezuela implies an unprecedented si... -
Países latino-americanos adotam plano para integração de refugiados e migrantes venezuelanos
news OIM Brasil, 08 Jul 2019 (4 years ago )A Organização Internacional para as Migrações (OIM) e a Agência da ONU para Refugiados (ACNUR) celebraram nesta segunda-feira (8) a adoção de um plano para facilitar a integração de refugiados e migrantes venezuelanos na região. O plano foi adotado durante a 4ª Reunião Técnica Internacional do Proce... -
Survey deployed to understand the situation of Venezuelans in Trinidad and Tobago
news IOM Regional Office for North America, Central America and the Caribbean, 19 Jul 2019 (4 years ago )The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations International Children Fund (UNICEF) will start the deployment of a survey methodology known as Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), a system to track and monitor the displacement and population mobility and provide a better un... -
ACNUR parabeniza Brasil por reconhecer condição de refugiado de venezuelanos com base na Declaração de Cartagena
news ACNUR Brasil, 29 Jul 2019 (4 years ago )Comitê Nacional para Refugiados (CONARE) confirmou 174 pedidos na última quarta-feira sob o argumento de grave e generalizada violação de direitos humanos.