Search form
Number of results: 18
Sort by:
Country views: |
-
Colombia gives Venezuela newborns a start in life
news UNHCR Stories, 14 Oct 2019 (4 years ago )New measure grants citizenship to the children born to Venezuelan parents on Colombia soil, helping thousands at risk of statelessness. -
Alza de la violencia de género durante los confinamientos
news ACNUR, 25 Nov 2020 (3 years ago )Los datos muestran que mujeres y niñas desplazadas en todo el mundo están experimentando una mayor violencia de género durante la pandemia de COVID-19. -
Urgent support needed for Venezuelan refugees and migrants facing trauma and hardship
news UNHCR, 11 Dec 2020 (3 years ago )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning of unprecedented levels of trauma and despair among newly arrived refugees and migrants from Venezuela. Many arrive in dire conditions to host communities hard hit by the pandemic. Urgent support is critically needed to protect and assist them. -
Swollen rivers, mass crowding, add to risks at Venezuela borders
news UNHCR News, 05 Apr 2019 (5 years ago )Despite Venezuela having officially closed its land borders with neighbouring Colombia and Brazil as of 23 February, thousands of people are still leaving the country daily. Many are risking their lives in the process, either wading across torrential rivers or risking exploitation and abuse by ar... -
UNHCR opens reception centre near Colombian border to assist vulnerable Venezuelans
news UNHCR News, 08 Mar 2019 (5 years ago )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, together with the Colombian authorities, is opening today a reception centre to offer support to vulnerable refugees and migrants from Venezuela in the border city of Maicao, in La Guajira region. The Integrated Assistance Centre, set up at the request of national and l... -
A medida que la COVID-19 sacude a América Latina, los venezolanos se enfrentan a una ola de desalojos
news ACNUR, 02 Oct 2020 (3 years ago )La pérdida de empleos debido a las medidas de confinamiento ha hecho que sea imposible para los refugiados y migrantes venezolanos vulnerables mantener un techo sobre sus cabezas. -
Se necesita ayuda urgente para los refugiados y migrantes de Venezuela que enfrentan traumas y dificultades
news ACNUR, 11 Dec 2020 (3 years ago )ACNUR, la Agencia de la ONU para los Refugiados, alerta sobre los niveles sin precedentes de trauma y desesperación entre las personas refugiadas y migrantes recién llegadas de Venezuela. Muchos de ellos llegan en graves condiciones a comunidades de acogida muy afectadas por la pandemia. Se necesita... -
UNHCR and IOM welcome Colombia’s decision to regularize Venezuelan refugees and migrants
news UNHCR, 08 Feb 2021 (3 years ago )UNHCR and IOM today praised Colombia’s initiative to provide ten-year temporary protection status to Venezuelans in the country. The Temporary Protection Status will also provide access to basic services including the national health system and COVID-19 vaccination plans. Regularization is also key ... -
Venezolanos desafían la pandemia para buscar un futuro mejor en Colombia
news ACNUR, 08 Feb 2021 (3 years ago )Durante su visita al CAI de Maicao el pasado sábado, el Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados, Filippo Grandi, tuvo la oportunidad de conocer a Verónica, junto con otras familias venezolanas que luchan por rehacer sus vidas. -
Pregnant women flee lack of maternal health care in Venezuela
news UNHCR News, 23 Jul 2019 (4 years ago )Thousands of pregnant women have left Venezuela to protect the lives of their unborn babies and their own.