UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is supporting partners and local governments across Colombia and throughout the region to address the growing needs of Venezuelans on the move. Projects range from…

On September 24, the United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) presented to the authorities of Argentina a joint report with the…

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and IOM, as the International Organization for Migration, with the support of other UN Agencies, continue to work together with the Government of Brazil to promote the…

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the UN Migration Agency (IOM) are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Eduardo Stein, as a Joint Special Representative for Venezuelan refugees and migrants in…

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi and the Director General of the United Nations Migration Agency, IOM, William Lacy Swing appealed for greater support from the international…

On August 8th, in response to the massive influx of Venezuelans arriving to the country, the Government of Ecuador declared a state of emergency in human mobility in the provinces of Carchi,…

UNHCR welcomes last night’s decision of the Brazilian Supreme Court to overturn a decision by a Federal Judge in Roraima border state to suspend admission of Venezuelans to the country and close the…

With medicine and food scarce at home, indigenous Warao and Wayúu peoples are abandoning their lands to seek refuge in Brazil and Colombia.

The UN system, under the leadership of The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and The International Organization for Migration (IOM), said it will continue working with the authorities and its partners to…

The Pacaraima Reception Center offers information, social and health services for Venezuelans who choose to stay in Brazil. UNHCR is carrying out biometric registration at the centre and identifying…

The tenth temporary shelter site in the state of Roraima opened to welcome 569 Venezuelans still living in the streets of Boa Vista. The new site is composed of 120 Refugee Housing Units, used for…

In Roraima, World Refugee Day was celebrated by means of a presentation where messages of hope, gratitude and memories of Venezuela were expressed in murals.

Felipe*, through theatre seeks to express the challenges faced by Venezuelans who have been forced to leave their country.

The Government of Colombia, led by the Presidency, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management in partnership with UNHCR and IOM, concluded the exercise of mass…

Thousands of Venezuelans are arriving daily to the Peruvian border crossing of Tumbes, in northwest Peru. This is the story of Zorayne, who is just one of the thousands of Venezuelans who have…

For children who arrive in La Guajira, northern Colombia, prolonged displacement interrupts their education, a basic human right essential for their future.

An initiative from Telecoms Without Borders allows Venezuelans living in Boa Vista, Brazil to call for free their families and friends in Venezuela.

A further 527 Venezuelan citizens have been relocated from Boa Vista to the cities of Sao Paulo, Manaus and Cuiaba in Brazil. The relocation was carried out by the Brazilian Army with the support of…

The Administrative Registration of Venezuelan Migrants (RAMV) exercise was carried out in Colombia between 6 April - 8 June 2018, with the coordination of the Government, UNHCR and IOM.

In an exercise coordinated by the Brazilian Army and with the support of UNHCR, about 870 people were transferred to Latife Salomão and Santa Tereza hostels in Boa Vista.