July 26, 2024

‘Latin America will never be the same’: Venezuela exodus reaches record levels

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He said the total funding per capita for Syrian refugees was more than 10 times that for Venezuelans – at $3,150 compared with $265, based on figures for 2020. Venezuela is second only in the world to Syria in terms of external displacement. “Most of the host countries in the Venezuelan refugee crisis are in the region, and are developing countries,” Bahar said, “whereas Europe had much skin in the game in the case of the Syrians. Maybe that triggered much more generous funding.” By Saeed Kamali Dehghan. Full Text-> TheGuardian

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