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According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, "[b]etween 2003 and 2004, the number of (Venezuelan) refugees doubled from 598 to 1,256, and between 2004 and 2009, the number of Venezuelan refugees was five-fold higher, up to 6,221. By that date, there is also a log of 1,580 Venezuelan applicants for refuge."
What factors have compelled millions of Venezuelans to leave their homeland and seek refugee status in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the U.S.?
Some beneficiaries from Venezuela may be eligible for Temporary Protected Status if they arrived before July 31, 2023. [18] Cubans may adjust their status to apply for permanent residency after one year under the Cuban Adjustment Act. [19] However, for many migrants, there is no pathway to stay in the US after the two-year parole period. [20]
The U.S. government will not renew humanitarian paroles under a Biden program that has allowed hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans, Haitians, Cubans and Nicaraguans to come to the United States ...
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services released details on Friday about the new parole program for Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans that was announced Thursday by President Joe Biden.
However, the crisis in Venezuela and the subsequent refugee crisis has led to Brazil becoming home to a large number of Venezuelan refugees, most of whom enter the border through the northern state of Roraima. By the beginning of the 2020, more than 200,000 of Venezuelans have migrated to the country looking for refuge. [2] [3]
The United States and Mexico have agreed on a program intended to reduce a record flow of Venezuelan migrants to the U.S. southern border, the Biden administration announced on Wednesday.
Later in the day, Venezuelan authorities had also prevented Colombians from crossing the river arbitrarily. [5] Reports by some refugees also suggested that they had been mistreated by Venezuelan authorities, [34] [42] with Venezuelan authorities allegedly damaging homes and stealing possessions. [41]