The Venezuelan diaspora reached 7,774,494 migrants, according to data from the multi-agency platform R4V, which tracks them, with 300,759 recognized refugees and 1,184,889 pending applications for refugee status. It has become the largest human mobility phenomenon in the world. It is estimated that Venezuela has lost approximately 27% of its population since the Bolivarian Revolution came to power.
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In 2023, 20.58% of Venezuelan migration left, 1,589,106 people, but paradoxically it was the year with the lowest response, it only had a third of the international cooperation resources required for its care in the region, while Several governments tightened immigration measures and xenophobia continued to grow.
Added to the complex panorama is the migratory crisis of the population heading to the United States through the Darién jungle, on the border between Colombia and Panama. As of June 6, Panamanian authorities reported that 174,513 people traveled through the jungle this year and of them 64.84%, some 113,244 migrants were Venezuelans.
Neither Venezuela is recovering, nor are its migrants returning; On the contrary, the “Complex Humanitarian Crisis” prevails and it is expected that in the second half of 2024, depending on the results of the presidential elections scheduled for July 28, there will be a significant growth in migration, especially of young people. and as well as families in reunification processes in the receiving countries.
Particularly, the political situation has worsened the persecution against opponents, human rights defenders, members of social organizations and detractors of Chavismo in Venezuela, causing some of them to leave in the face of repression. But above all, the alleged operations of the Nicolás Maduro regime against Venezuelans in Chile and Colombia generate special concern, ranging from illegal detentions, to torture, murder and extraction against citizens who should be the object of international protection and recognition of refugee status.
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