The number of Venezuelan refugees and migrants in the world rises to more than six million

According to the latest report from the Regional Inter-Agency Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants of Venezuela, jointly led by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), There are already more than six million Venezuelan refugees and migrants in the world.

According to the platform’s most recent report, a total of 6,024,351 Venezuelan citizens have settled in more than 33 countries. The figure represents almost 20% of the national population.

Of the total displaced 4,978,078 are in Latin America and the Caribbean, and 465,200 in the United States.

Colombia with 2,000,000, Peru with 1,000,000 and Chile with 457,300, they are at the top of the list of host countries for Venezuelans in Central and South America.

While, Ecuador with 451,100, Brazil 261,400 and Argentina 173,200 follow in order. The countries with the lowest incomes of Venezuelans are Uruguay with 15,247, Bolivia with 10,611 and Paraguay with 5,445.

Historical figures show that Colombia remained the country with the highest rate of Venezuelans refugees in recent years.

The data also shows that, Argentina went from one of the top three nations chosen by Venezuelans to migrate until 2018, to sixth place in 2021.

But the exodus of Venezuelans did not only take place to countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, currently the presence of the citizens of this country has been recorded on all continents.

In Europe, Spain currently hosts the largest number of Venezuelans: more than 415,000 people. There are also recordings of 59,400 in Italy, 27,200 in Portugal, 10,100 in Germany, 7,200 in France and around 30,700 in the other countries of the region.

The report indicates that there is 391 Venezuelans in Africa, 503 in Asia and 7,600 in Oceania.

Although the report does not indicate the causes of the civilian movements, the Venezuelan diaspora has increased in recent years with the worsening of the political, social and economic crisis in the country.

In Venezuela, under the rule of Nicolás Maduro, official figures ceased to exist, but civil organizations were constantly tasked with recording and reporting on how Violence rates have increased, the health care system is in ruins, basic services are deficient and inflation is the highest in the world. among other problems.

According to the estimates of the platform itself the figures presented may be much higher, because many government sources do not take into account Venezuelans without regular immigration status.

THE OAS COINCIDE

This report was approved by the Commissioner of the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States for the Venezuelan Migrant and Refugee Crisis, David Smolansky, who called the number of displaced nationals “frightening”.

“Millions of Venezuelans jump into the sea and travel across a continent because they cannot stay in their country”commented the leader of the opposition on his account of the social network Twitter.

Smolansky assured that the records of his work team at the OAS match with those indicated by the R4V platform.

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