UN: Almost three and a half million Venezuelans have fled the crisis

The United Nations (UN) Friday revealed that the number of Venezuelan refugees and migrants it stood at 3,400,000. The last figure reported by the agency last November was three million.

The index was provided by United Nations refugee agencies (UNHCR) and migrants (IOM).

Colombia is the first host country for Venezuelans with more than 1,100,000 refugees and migrants. They follow him Peru (506,000), Chile (288,000), Ecuador (221,000), Argentina (130,000) and Brazil (96,000).

Eduardo Stein, Joint Special Representative of UNHCR and IOM, highlighted the "great solidarity" of the countries of the region with the Venezuelan people.

However, he also pointed out that these figures "highlight the pressure on host communities and the constant need for support from the international community".

The UN said the region is cooperating to improve the badistance and protection of Venezuelan refugees and migrants.

In December 2018, the UN launched Venezuela's Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan (RMRP), aimed at providing humanitarian badistance to 2,200,000 Venezuelans living outside the country and to 500,000 people from host communities in the country, 16 countries, "says the agency on its web portal.

The UN report takes place the same day thousands of people traveled to Cucuta to attend the "Venezuela Aid Live", which brought together more than 30 music stars. ambad 100 million dollars for the Venezuelan people and ask for income from humanitarian aid.

Given the mobilization that will take place Sunday, February 23 at the various border posts of Venezuela for humanitarian aid, the Secretary-General of the UN, Antonio Guterresasked "strongly to avoid violence."

Stéphane DujarricGuterres' spokesman said the Portuguese were following the situation in Venezuela "with increasing concern" and that they would be watching what was happening on Saturday.