Dramatic increase in Venezuelan migrants and refugees

According to a new count by the United Nations and other aid agencies responding to the migration crisis, the number of Venezuelan migrants and refugees worldwide now exceeds 6.81 million.

Most migrants, 5.75 million, have arrived in Latin American and Caribbean countries.

Colombia alone is home to 2.48 million Venezuelans, reports the Interagency Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela (R4V).

Colombia is followed by Peru (1.22 million), Ecuador (502,000), Chile (448,000), and Brazil (358,000), even though the list includes a total of 17 Latin American countries as recipients of Venezuelan emigration due to the political and social crisis.

The new R4V report, prepared by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), represents a dramatic increase from an early July report that counted 6.1 million Venezuelan migrants and refugees, including nearly 5.1 million in the region.

With information from Latina Press

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