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English News and Press Release on World about Protection and Human Rights and Recovery and Reconstruction; published on 21 May 2021 by R4V

Last Updated: Thursday, May 6, 2021 18:31 The federal government in collaboration with two humanitarian agencies working with refugees and migrants will host an international conference next month to raise funds for millions of Venezuelans who have fled their country since 2015. The exodus of over 5.6 million Venezuelan refugees and migrants fleeing the country’s political turmoil and economic collapse has turned it into the world’s second-largest displacement crisis, further compounded by the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 17, International Development Minister Karina ...

ILO and UNDP launch socio-economic integration strategy March 13, 2021 Share this post: A Regional Strategy for Socioeconomic Integration, aimed at reducing vulnerability and maximizing the contribution of millions of refugees and migrants from Venezuela in Latin American and Caribbean countries, was launched by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) with the objective of facilitating their sustainable inclusion in host countries. The two UN agencies highlighted that it is necessary to face “the most serious migration crisis in the hi...

Canada is a long-standing partner of Colombia. Together, they are working to advance the Sustainable Development Goals in the region. ...

R4V Flash Update: COVID-19 Update, October - November 2020 Format Situation Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, movements of refugees and migrants from Venezuela continued to take place in the region. Since April 2020, it is estimated that over 135,000 refugees and migrants from Venezuela have returned to their place of origin due to their precarious situations and the loss of livelihoods caused by restrictions adopted by states to counter the spread of the COVID-19. The large majority of those returned to Venezuela through Colombia. Recent estimates from the Government of Colombia, however, state...