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President Nicolás Maduro said that international reports of millions of Venezuelans emigrating are "propaganda", and Venezuelans regret leaving the country because they end up "cleaning toilets in Miami". [105] Angry Venezuelans criticized Maduro, saying that they would rather clean toilets in another country than live in Venezuela. [105]
The prolonged economic and political instability in Venezuela has forced millions of Venezuelans to leave over the past decade, quashing many of their dreams and leaving many wondering if they'll ...
The current protests and tensions following Sunday’s election and the impasse over who was legitimately elected raise questions about whether more Venezuelans will be leaving the country.
Others Venezuelans in Riohacha, like Abigail Suarez, echo Coromoto's sentiments. "The situation in Venezuela is very ugly," she said. "I wanted to have a different environment, a different home."
The PGA Group estimates more than 1.5 million Venezuelans emigrated in the 15 years between 1999 and 2014; [260] an estimated 1.8 million left in ten years through 2015. [264] [265] The UN said that in the first part of 2018, about 5,000 Venezuelans were leaving Venezuela daily. [266]
As of June, more than 7.8 million Venezuelans were living outside their country, ... over 40% of Venezuelans surveyed said they would consider leaving the country if Maduro remained in power.
Venezuelans are reportedly leaving their homes without carrying their phones, out of fear that authorities will stop them on the street to search their phones for dissident content. [98] [99] Opposition leaders said that citizens who witnessed the vote tally sheets in the electoral process (poll watchers) were persecuted and detained. [83]
What factors have compelled millions of Venezuelans to leave their homeland and seek refugee status in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the U.S.?