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Since 2014, 5.5 million people facing hyperinflation, food & medicine shortages, violence & political unrest have fled Venezuela. Amidst this crisis & the pandemic, Colombia, Ecuador & Peru have struggled to maintain open policies. bit.ly/CMSNY21 1/8 #MigrationKorbelDU
Because of Colombia's close proximity, it is currently receiving the most Venezuelan migrants (31%). Peru is next (18%), followed by Ecuador & Chile (8%), and Brazil (5%) In Colombia alone, this amounts to nearly 2 million people. bit.ly/WilsonCenter21 2/8 #MigrationData 
Each of these countries has adopted the 1984 #CartagenaDeclaration, which expanded the definition of a refugee. In that spirit, all have practiced non-refoulement, but very few Venezuelan migrants have been granted refugee status. bit.ly/HRW21_Migration 3/8
