But while the numbers of displaced people are similar, the financial support for them has been disparate, the advocacy group Refugees International said, noting that the $1.79 billion Venezuelan regional migrant response plan was less than 14 percent funded as of Sept. 1. Meanwhile, the $1.85 billion regional response plan for Ukraine was 62 percent funded as of Aug. 25. By Bryan Pietsch and Hari Raj. Full Text -> TheWashingtonPost

Traducción de cortesía -> Pero si bien el número de desplazados es similar, el apoyo financiero para ellos ha sido dispar, dijo el grupo de defensa Refugees International, y señaló que el plan de respuesta regional para migrantes venezolanos de $ 1.79 mil millones estaba financiado en menos del 14 por ciento al 1 de septiembre. Mientras tanto, el plan de respuesta regional de $ 1.85 mil millones para Ucrania estaba financiado en un 62 por ciento al 25 de agosto.

One project is Response to Recovery – Covid19: Reducing vulnerability: enhancing resilience for migrant population. This project has been implemented as part of the Team Europe response to covid19 through a direct grant to the TT Red Cross Society. The project aims at providing support to the migrants who do not have access to the social protection measures. The project is co-financed by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The other project relates to fostering local communities of solidarity for refugees and migrants from Venezuela. By Laurel V Willians. Full Text -> NewsDay

Interview with Miguel Pizarro, commissioner for the UN appointed by Juan Guaidó

(A free translation from an article published in La Voz de America-> Original in Spanish)

Faced with criticism about the lack of transparency regarding the handling of humanitarian assistance by the Venezuelan opposition, Pizarro explains: “Humanitarian assistance has a basic requirement, which is that the political actor cannot implement it. We are not a humanitarian actor. We are not a recipient of humanitarian resources or donations. “We are only a channel”, adds the Venezuelan commissioner.

Pizarro explains that 80% of the resources announced by the countries have two ways of being publicly audited: the first is through R4V (Situation Response for Venezuelan), a platform for refugees and migrants from Venezuela. Here are records of more than a billion dollars in the last two years.

The second mechanism is the HRPAS (Health Resources Priority and Allocations System), which is monitored through the FTS, which is the Financial Tracking System of OCHA (United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs), which is the Humanitarian Agency of the United Nations.

Faced with these audit and control mechanisms, says Commissioner Pizarro, “there are those who believe in simplifying that the world works like what we know in our country.” No political actor can handle the money destined for humanitarian assistance, but directly the executing agency on the ground.

The intervention of any politician or party is prohibited because “it would do two things,” says Pizarro, “which are also outside the humanitarian regulations. One is appropriation of programs and resources that are not ours. But also, being a political actor, I have a second problem, which is that I politicize the program and turn that program into the political flagship program of one of the sides within Venezuela and therefore it would be breaking humanitarian principles. By OnVenezuela

We currently face multiple humanitarian emergencies across environments under sanctions ranging from Venezuela to Iran and North Korea. Lifting sanctions in these jurisdictions is unlikely to happen any time soon; the human rights of local populations could be further endangered, and it would have a detrimental impact on global security. As such, the debate needs to focus on addressing the obstacles that impede the effective use of humanitarian exemptions.  By JustineWalker. Full Text-> Finantial Times

The number of refugees and migrants leaving Venezuela is increasing daily, making it now the second-largest external displacement crisis in the world, with over 5.6 million individuals having fled the country since 2015. The current global COVID-19 pandemic has compounded an already difficult situation for Venezuelan refugees, migrants and their host communities. Canada is calling on the international community to mobilize much-needed additional resources to help respond to the urgent needs of millions of people. By Global Affairs Canada. Full Text -> PhilippineCanadianEnquire

As a result of the Economic Inclusion Project, at least:

100,000 Venezuelans and locals will obtain access to financial services (a credit, savings or insurance product).

-10,000 Venezuelans will have an improved capacity to establish a sustainable livelihood.

Full Text -> GlobeNewswWire

A shipment managed by UNICEF of approximately 90 tons of vital supplies arrived in Caracas today. The shipment includes Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits for health workers on the frontline in the battle against COVID-19. Full text-> UNICEF

The figures are as significant as they are striking. As of the end of 2019, the number of refugees and migrants from Venezuela recorded by regional monitors in Latin America was fast approaching 5 million. That cohort, however, is growing quickly. By Ilian Berman. Full text-> The Hill

The products totalling 250 tons were collected from donations made by the US, on the island as well as in Bonaire, Aruba and the Netherlands. Local Venezuelan residents interest group Venex was to ship them to their troubled homeland, but the embattled Maduro regime in Caracas would not allow it. Full Text-> The Daily Herald