Un Says Similar Number Of Refugees Are Fleeing Venezuela As War Torn Ukraine

“The United Nations has confirmed that the number of displaced Venezuelans has reached 6.8 million people – tying Ukraine as the world’s largest refugee and migration crisis and surpassing Syria for the first time,” said Refugees International Senior Advocate for Latin America , Rachel Schmidtke. a statement. But “although the number of Venezuelans and Ukrainians forced to flee their homes is now about the same, the international response is not,” Schmidtke added. “This year, donors have funded only 13 percent of the humanitarian response plan for the Venezuelans – while Ukraine’s response plan has received almost five times the amount of support,” he said. Deteriorating economic conditions, food shortages and limited access to health care are increasingly pushing Venezuelans to leave, and the growing Venezuelan community in the United States is also a draw, Doris Meissner, who directs the immigration policy project of the US at the nonpartisan Immigration Policy Institute in Washington. In July, the U.S. Border Patrol apprehended 17,603 Venezuelan immigrants on the U.S.-Mexico border, an increase from June, according to the agency’s latest available data. Venezuelans also arrive in Washington and New York on buses contracted by the state of Texas. They often seek political asylum. Authorities can return immigrants under the Trump-era pandemic rule known as Title 42, but not everyone. The public health authority allows border officials to quickly deport migrants to Mexico, but there are limits to which nationalities can be returned. That, combined with frosty relations with countries like Venezuela, prevents the U.S. from removing some people, meaning they may be released while going through immigration proceedings. The flow of people north is a challenge for US President Joe Biden, making it a top issue discussed between him and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Administration officials have been monitoring the increased movement of immigrants in the area for months. Many migrants traveling north worked in informal jobs before the Covid-19 pandemic and were particularly vulnerable to falling into extreme poverty as economies tightened, while others fled violence and political instability. Migrants often pass through a dangerous jungle known as the Darien Gap, which straddles the borders of Panama and Colombia, on their journey to the US. A Venezuelan family who spoke to CNN after arriving in Washington on Wednesday called the trip to the Darién Gap treacherous, but said they fled to the United States for safety and work.

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“The United Nations has confirmed that the number of displaced Venezuelans has reached 6.8 million people – tying Ukraine as the world’s largest refugee and migration crisis and surpassing Syria for the first time,” said Refugees International Senior Advocate for Latin America , Rachel Schmidtke. a statement. But “although the number of Venezuelans and Ukrainians forced to flee their homes is now about the same, the international response is not,” Schmidtke added. “This year, donors have funded only 13 percent of the humanitarian response plan for the Venezuelans – while Ukraine’s response plan has received almost five times the amount of support,” he said. Deteriorating economic conditions, food shortages and limited access to health care are increasingly pushing Venezuelans to leave, and the growing Venezuelan community in the United States is also a draw, Doris Meissner, who directs the immigration policy project of the US at the nonpartisan Immigration Policy Institute in Washington. In July, the U.S. Border Patrol apprehended 17,603 Venezuelan immigrants on the U.S.-Mexico border, an increase from June, according to the agency’s latest available data. Venezuelans also arrive in Washington and New York on buses contracted by the state of Texas. They often seek political asylum. Authorities can return immigrants under the Trump-era pandemic rule known as Title 42, but not everyone. The public health authority allows border officials to quickly deport migrants to Mexico, but there are limits to which nationalities can be returned. That, combined with frosty relations with countries like Venezuela, prevents the U.S. from removing some people, meaning they may be released while going through immigration proceedings. The flow of people north is a challenge for US President Joe Biden, making it a top issue discussed between him and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Administration officials have been monitoring the increased movement of immigrants in the area for months. Many migrants traveling north worked in informal jobs before the Covid-19 pandemic and were particularly vulnerable to falling into extreme poverty as economies tightened, while others fled violence and political instability. Migrants often pass through a dangerous jungle known as the Darien Gap, which straddles the borders of Panama and Colombia, on their journey to the US. A Venezuelan family who spoke to CNN after arriving in Washington on Wednesday called the trip to the Darién Gap treacherous, but said they fled to the United States for safety and work.

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“The United Nations has confirmed that the number of displaced Venezuelans has reached 6.8 million people – tying Ukraine as the world’s largest refugee and migration crisis and surpassing Syria for the first time,” said Refugees International Senior Advocate for Latin America , Rachel Schmidtke. a statement. But “although the number of Venezuelans and Ukrainians forced to flee their homes is now about the same, the international response is not,” Schmidtke added. “This year, donors have funded only 13 percent of the humanitarian response plan for the Venezuelans – while Ukraine’s response plan has received almost five times the amount of support,” he said. Deteriorating economic conditions, food shortages and limited access to health care are increasingly pushing Venezuelans to leave, and the growing Venezuelan community in the United States is also a draw, Doris Meissner, who directs the immigration policy project of the US at the nonpartisan Immigration Policy Institute in Washington. In July, the U.S. Border Patrol apprehended 17,603 Venezuelan immigrants on the U.S.-Mexico border, an increase from June, according to the agency’s latest available data. Venezuelans also arrive in Washington and New York on buses contracted by the state of Texas. They often seek political asylum. Authorities can return immigrants under the Trump-era pandemic rule known as Title 42, but not everyone. The public health authority allows border officials to quickly deport migrants to Mexico, but there are limits to which nationalities can be returned. That, combined with frosty relations with countries like Venezuela, prevents the U.S. from removing some people, meaning they may be released while going through immigration proceedings. The flow of people north is a challenge for US President Joe Biden, making it a top issue discussed between him and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Administration officials have been monitoring the increased movement of immigrants in the area for months. Many migrants traveling north worked in informal jobs before the Covid-19 pandemic and were particularly vulnerable to falling into extreme poverty as economies tightened, while others fled violence and political instability. Migrants often pass through a dangerous jungle known as the Darien Gap, which straddles the borders of Panama and Colombia, on their journey to the US. A Venezuelan family who spoke to CNN after arriving in Washington on Wednesday called the trip to the Darién Gap treacherous, but said they fled to the United States for safety and work.

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“The United Nations has confirmed that the number of displaced Venezuelans has reached 6.8 million people – tying Ukraine as the world’s largest refugee and migration crisis and surpassing Syria for the first time,” said Refugees International Senior Advocate for Latin America , Rachel Schmidtke. a statement. But “although the number of Venezuelans and Ukrainians forced to flee their homes is now about the same, the international response is not,” Schmidtke added. “This year, donors have funded only 13 percent of the humanitarian response plan for the Venezuelans – while Ukraine’s response plan has received almost five times the amount of support,” he said. Deteriorating economic conditions, food shortages and limited access to health care are increasingly pushing Venezuelans to leave, and the growing Venezuelan community in the United States is also a draw, Doris Meissner, who directs the immigration policy project of the US at the nonpartisan Immigration Policy Institute in Washington. In July, the U.S. Border Patrol apprehended 17,603 Venezuelan immigrants on the U.S.-Mexico border, an increase from June, according to the agency’s latest available data. Venezuelans also arrive in Washington and New York on buses contracted by the state of Texas. They often seek political asylum. Authorities can return immigrants under the Trump-era pandemic rule known as Title 42, but not everyone. The public health authority allows border officials to quickly deport migrants to Mexico, but there are limits to which nationalities can be returned. That, combined with frosty relations with countries like Venezuela, prevents the U.S. from removing some people, meaning they may be released while going through immigration proceedings. The flow of people north is a challenge for US President Joe Biden, making it a top issue discussed between him and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Administration officials have been monitoring the increased movement of immigrants in the area for months. Many migrants traveling north worked in informal jobs before the Covid-19 pandemic and were particularly vulnerable to falling into extreme poverty as economies tightened, while others fled violence and political instability. Migrants often pass through a dangerous jungle known as the Darien Gap, which straddles the borders of Panama and Colombia, on their journey to the US. A Venezuelan family who spoke to CNN after arriving in Washington on Wednesday called the trip to the Darién Gap treacherous, but said they fled to the United States for safety and work.