July 25, 2024

Venezuelan refugees in Peru face increasing barriers to settlement

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She believes the Peruvian government is concerned about the high financial cost of granting asylum to the country’s 482,000 Venezuelan applicants and worries it could create a “pull factor” for more people to come. While Amnesty International praised Peru for “initially displaying admirable generosity to Venezuelans seeking protection”, it recently criticised the government for its “increasingly restrictive practices at its borders”. By Sorcha Pollak. Full Text -> The Irish Times

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