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Caribbean-Latin America
Number of migrants, refugees from Venezuela reaches 3 million
2018-11-10
[Al Jazeera] The exodus, driven by violence, hyperinflation and shortages of food amounts to around one in 12 of the population. The United Nations says there are now three million refugees and migrants from Venezuela who have left the country due to its crumbling economy, violence, hyperinflation and shortage of food and medicines.

The figure amounts to around one in 12 of the population.

Of the three million, 2.3 million have left Venezuela since 2015, according to United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) spokesman William Spindler who added that the exodus has accelerated in the past six months.

"The main increases continue to be reported in Colombia and Peru," Spindler said on Thursday.

More than one million refugees and migrants are in Colombia. Peru has more than half a million, Ecuador over 220,000, Argentina 130,000, Chile over 100,000 and Brazil 85,000, according to the UN.

In Colombia, there are around 3,000 arrivals each day, and the Bogota government says four million could be living there by 2021, costing it nearly $9bn.
Posted by:Fred

#2  When are they going to start walking/hitching/riding/flying to the Rio Grande?
Posted by: Bobby   2018-11-10 11:00  

#1  "Socialism. This time we'll do it right!"
Posted by: Frank G   2018-11-10 06:54  

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