Key Figures

People in Need
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PiN Blanco
8.17 M
01 Dec 2022
Target Population
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Target Blanco
992.4 K
01 Dec 2022
Financial Requirements
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Requerimientos financieros
$321.61 M
01 Dec 2022
Appealing Partners
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partners
135
01 Dec 2022

What is the Integration Sector?

Priority Needs

The Regional Integration Sector, based on consultations with National and Sub-regional Integration Sectors has identified three priority socio-economic integration needs. These priorities are in line with the pillars of the Regional Socioeconomic Integration Strategy, which has been elaborated in the dual framework of the R4V Platform and the Quito Process:

1.         First, regularization processes and their linkages to promote integration. Regular status and documentation were reported as the main concerns of Venezuelan refugees and migrants, affecting access to the formal labour market and essential services, particularly during COVID-19.

2.        Second, access to livelihood opportunities, in particular for women and youth. Barriers include local languages in some countries (e.g., Brazil and the Caribbean), costly and bureaucratic processes for the recognition of professional titles, degrees and qualifications, lack of childcare support, inability to access financial services, discrimination, limited (self-) employment and entrepreneurship opportunities, or lack of awareness by employers of labour rights and recruitment processes, as well as the migrant workers’ inclusion in host countries’ social protection systems.

3.        Third, social cohesion between refugees and migrants and their host communities. The long-term presence of Venezuelan refugees and migrants, coupled with limited employment opportunities and increasing pressures on essential services and the environment, as well as the spread of false information, have contributed to increasing xenophobia and discrimination, including gender discrimination faced by women and LGBTQI+ people.

Response Strategy

The Integration Sector will support approaches, partnerships and tools to promote the socioeconomic integration of Venezuelan refugees and migrants in a gender, age and diversity-responsive manner, while contributing to overall local sustainable development, through the implementation of the “Regional Strategy for the Socio-Economic Integration of Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela and their Host Communities.”

The Sector’s response will focus on promoting socio-economic integration (during and post-COVID-19), reducing xenophobia and promoting social cohesion, particularly for those affected economically by the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes those a) unemployed or underemployed, b) working in the informal sector, including domestic services, and c) workers not included in social protection systems, with a crosscutting focus on women, youth, marginalized groups (indigenous, persons with specific needs, LGBTQI+ people), GBV survivors and those at risk of GBV or evictions.

  • The first response priority aims to link regularization processes with others that promote integration, for example by advocating for access to work in the formal sector and to work-related documentation requirements, such as work permits, and de-facto access to work by sensitizing relevant actors (e.g., ministries of labor, employment agencies and the private sector) on labour rights and the mechanisms for the recruitment of refugees and migrants.
  • The second response priority aims to facilitate economic recovery and access to livelihood opportunities for Venezuelan refugees and migrants by identifying and sharing best practices on easing administrative processes for degree and qualifications recognition, alternatives to the apostille and solutions to address high processing costs.
  • The third response priority will promote social cohesion, through campaigns and/or sensitization initiatives that strengthen civic coexistence and cultural exchanges and contribute to eradicating sexualized stereotypes of Venezuelan women and girls.

Documents

Data and statistics
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Análise Conjunta de Necessidades (JNA) 2022

Esta análise foi realizada entre junho e julho de 2022 e publicada em Janeiro de 2023, como um exercício conjunto de vários atores da Plataforma de Coordenação Interagencial para Refugiados e Migrantes da Venezuela (R4V). Agradecimentos especiais aos refugiados e migrantes da Venezuela no Brasil que dedicaram seu tempo para responder à pesquisa.

Downloads:
18
Publicado:
13 March 2023
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GTRM Peru - Joint Needs Analysis for the RMRP 2023

This Joint Needs Assessment (JNA) is the result of a collective effort by the 100 members of the Refugee and Migrant Working Group (GTRM, for its acronym in Spanish), working together with the Peruvian state. Each year, the methodology is improved, more documents are analyzed, more key informants are interviewed, and more organizations and experts join this effort. This year, we also consulted with the Venezuelan refugee and migrant population for their feedback on the needs and solutions identified during the sectoral workshops. The JNA has especially valuable data this year from the second National Survey on the Venezuelan population (ENPOVE, for its acronym in Spanish), conducted by the Peruvian National Institute of Statistics and Computer Science (INEI, for its acronym in Spanish). These data, gathered in February and March 2022, are representative of the Venezuelan population.  

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59
Publicado:
23 February 2023
Tags:
Assessment Response Plan RMRP JNA
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Sector Contacts

Vinicius Cruz

ILO

cruzv@ilo.org

 

Sarah Stemmler

IOM

sstemmler@iom.int