Venezuelans are acting on this wish in
ever greater numbers, yielding what may well be the largest forced displacement
of people in Latin American history. The UN’s International Organisation for
Migration estimates that at the end of 2017 approximately 1.6m Venezuelans were
living outside their country. Today that number is likely to be far higher: as
of June 2018 there were nearly 1m Venezuelan migrants in Colombia alone. The
UNHCR, the UN’s refugee agency, has recorded 135,000 asylum applications from
Venezuelans during the first seven months of 2018, already 20% more than for
the whole of 2017. The total number of displaced Venezuelans may already have
reached 4m, out of a population of some 30m. More… 
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
The exodus from Venezuela threatens to descend into chaos
Venezuelans are acting on this wish in
ever greater numbers, yielding what may well be the largest forced displacement
of people in Latin American history. The UN’s International Organisation for
Migration estimates that at the end of 2017 approximately 1.6m Venezuelans were
living outside their country. Today that number is likely to be far higher: as
of June 2018 there were nearly 1m Venezuelan migrants in Colombia alone. The
UNHCR, the UN’s refugee agency, has recorded 135,000 asylum applications from
Venezuelans during the first seven months of 2018, already 20% more than for
the whole of 2017. The total number of displaced Venezuelans may already have
reached 4m, out of a population of some 30m. More… 
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