Advocacy for Venezuela

What’s Happening? 

Millions of Venezuelans have fled their country in recent years to escape economic, social, political, and institutional collapse. Venezuelans who remain in the country face hunger, lack of access to basic medical care, as well as human rights violations at the hands of the Maduro regime. In July 2024, Maduro won a presidential election under significant suspicion of fraud amid a strong crack down on protests, deepening repression and violation of human rights in the country. 

What Must Be Done? 

Refugees International urges governments in the Western Hemisphere to welcome Venezuelans who are fleeing their homes, as they are in dire need of protection and opportunity abroad and encourages the donor community to support countries in their efforts to do so.

Report

A Forgotten Response and An Uncertain Future: Venezuelans’ Economic Inclusion in Colombia

Report

Los Efectos Humanitarios de la Pandemia de COVID-19 para las personas venezolanas en Perú. Un año después

Report

The Humanitarian Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Venezuelans in Peru, One Year In

Statement

Refugees International Concerned by Growing Political Repression, Displacement Crisis in Venezuela

Statement

Refugees International Opposes U.S. Policies that Could Lead to Returns of Venezuelans to Harm

Statement

New DHS Enforcement Program Fails to Offer Sufficient Protection to Venezuelans

Commentary

Argentina’s Welcome of Venezuelan Migrants

Opinion

Newsweek: How Biden Can Help Venezuelan Refugees

Perspective

A Beacon of Hope in Venezuela

Advocacy Letter

More than 100 Groups Denounce the Expansion of Title 42 Expulsions for Venezuelans

Advocacy Letter

17 Groups Urge Trinidad & Tobago’s Prime Minister to Uphold the Rights of Children and Asylum Seekers

Advocacy Letter

Trinidad and Tobago: 25 Groups Call for End to Refoulement and to Re-Open Registration for Venezuelans

Event

Webinar | From Displacement to Development: Challenges and Opportunities to the Economic Inclusion of Venezuelans in Colombia

Event

Human Trafficking amid a Pandemic: Confronting the Exploitation of Fleeing Venezuelans

Perspective

Refugees International Eyewitness: Pushbacks of Venezuelans on the Guatemalan Border

Perspective

With Opportunity, Displaced Venezuelan Women Make a Difference in Peru

Perspective

Meet Martha, the Venezuelan Refugee Advocating for Women in Peru

Featured Image: A Venezuelan man carrying a bag on his shoulders walks along the side of the highway outside of Bogota, Colombia. © Guillermo Legaria/Getty Images