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

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

UNHCR News, 08 Jun 2019

URL: https://www.unhcr.org/news/press/2019/6/5cfc25de4/statement-unhcr-special-envoy-angelina-jolie-venezuelan-refugees-migrants.html
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 not for the reasons I had hoped.

Over 400,000 Colombians, who had been displaced to Venezuela, have now been forced to return by the catastrophic situation there.

They are alongside 1.3 million Venezuelan refugees who have sought protection in Colombia.