Between 5.7 and 6.7 million Venezuelans emigrate, according to the UN and the diaspora

Between 5.7 and 6.7 million Venezuelans emigrate, according to the UN and the diaspora

The exodus of Venezuelans multiplied in the last four years, according to various sources, who consider that until then only about two million people had emigrated since 1999.

It was especially strengthened from the beginning of 2019, when the opposition and about 60 countries were unaware of the new mandate of President Nicolás Maduro and the parliament, then with an opposition majority, appointed Juan Guaidó as interim president.

It was then that several countries in the region, whose governments aligned themselves with the Venezuelan opposition, encouraged the reception of Venezuelan emigrants, including some of them through special admission or visa regimes.

The main recipient countries are Colombia (1.7 million), Peru (one million), United States (465,200), Chile (457,300), Ecuador (451,100), Spain (415,000), Brazil (261,400) and Argentina (173,200) , according to the latest IOM report.

There were also more than 100,000 Venezuelans in Panama (121,600), the Dominican Republic (114,000) and Mexico (102,200), according to that work.

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