Lima, Santiago and Washington, D.C. June 11, 2019.- We, the undersigned organizations, members of the Working Group on Venezuelan Human Mobility, would like to express our concern over the recent decision adopted on June 6, 2019 by the Peruvian government, which requires Venezuelan citizens to present a humanitarian visa at the border to enter Peru.
Forced migration implies the rupture of one’s natural, physical, familiar and personal environments: “To be forced to leave Venezuela is like being forced to divorce a person that you love and do not want to leave,” says Maryorie, who worked at a government institution in Venezuela. During the 2017 elections, she was required to renounce
Over 50 civil society organizations from across the region met on September 18 and 19 in Washington, D.C. to outline specific commitments required by States to provide national and international protections to those forcibly displaced from Venezuela due to the country´s current economic, social and political upheavals. Washington D.C., September 24th 2018.- Over 50
To Regional Governments To all Pertinent International Organizations and society in the Americas and the Caribbean We urge States across the region and members of the international community, to redouble their efforts and work together in the face of the massive forced displacement of more than two million Venezuelans, currently spread among several countries in
Durante la 48º Asamblea de la Organización de los Estados Americanos, que terminó el pasado martes, la situación de Venezuela fue muy debatida. En los últimos años, la erosión de la democracia, la represión y persecución política, la violación de controles y equilibrios democráticos y las violaciones sistemáticas de los derechos humanos, se han catalizado