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  • In the Southern Caribbean, the first confirmed deaths at sea of Venezuelans were reported, when 5 bodies washed ashore in Curacao after a boat carrying some 30 Venezuelans was shipwrecked.
    highlight 02 Mar 2018 (6 years ago)
    / Venezuela - Refugees / Venezuela - Asylum-seekers
  • In the first half of 2021, 92,100 Venezuelans were newly displaced in Latin America and Caribbean.
    highlight 23 Nov 2021 (2 years ago)
    Venezuela / Venezuela - Asylum-seekers
  • It is estimated that between 20,000 to 30,000 Venezuelans currently live in Brazil. Over 11,800 asylum applications have been lodged in 2017 and 932 temporary residence permits issued.
    highlight 10 Oct 2017 (6 years ago)
    / Venezuela - Refugees / Venezuela - Asylum-seekers
  • More than 340,000 Venezuelans have entered Ecuador since the beginning of 2018 (compared to 287,000 arrivals registered for the whole of 2017).
    highlight 20 Jun 2018 (5 years ago)
    / Venezuela - Refugees / Venezuela - Asylum-seekers
  • 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.
    highlight 11 Apr 2018 (5 years ago)
    / Venezuela - Refugees / Venezuela - Asylum-seekers
  • Over 1,500 Venezuelans have applied for asylum in Ecuador. More than 62,000 are estimated to live in the country, of whom some 40% have obtained temporary residence permits.
    highlight 10 Oct 2017 (6 years ago)
    / Venezuela - Refugees / Venezuela - Asylum-seekers
  • Over 117,000 asylum claims from Venezuelans have already been filed in 2018, surpassing the total number of claims made in all of 2017.
    highlight 20 Jun 2018 (5 years ago)
    / Venezuela - Refugees / Venezuela - Asylum-seekers
  • Peru is now the largest refugee hosting country in Latin America, with 126,997 asylum applications since 2014.
    highlight 20 Jun 2018 (5 years ago)
    / Venezuela - Refugees / Venezuela - Asylum-seekers
  • The Caribbean islands are receiving increasing numbers of Venezuelans, with around 60,000 living in Trinidad and Tobago, Curacao and Aruba.
    highlight 15 Nov 2017 (6 years ago)
    / Venezuela - Refugees / Venezuela - Asylum-seekers
  • The Peruvian Special Commission for Refugees has reported that approximately 700 asylum applications are received on a daily basis in Peru.
    highlight 30 Mar 2018 (5 years ago)
    / Venezuela - Refugees / Venezuela - Asylum-seekers