Venezuelan refugee crisis receives due attention. It’s going to take a worldwideĮffort to assist those who need it the most - but that can’t happen until the Process of facilitating political change in Venezuela might be, the challengesįaced by the refugee community are even starker.
Trafficking and illegal mining,” says Smolanksy. Organizations and being part of the criminal economy, specifically the drug Those teenagers are vulnerable to become part of criminal “ThereĪre so many irregular groups that are recruiting Venezuelans, especially under Worrying is the near-constant criminal activity at Venezuela’s borders. Venezuelan migrants and refugees suffer from malnutrition. Venezuelan migrants and refugees out of the 4.2 million are irregular or areĪbout to be irregular, so that is a huge challenge.” Venezuelan refugees alsoįace massive physical and mental health risks – at least 25 percent of the “The mainĬhallenge is, first, documentation,” Smolansky explains. Meantime, the obstacles faced by Venezuelans remain daunting. Sooner Venezuela restores democracy, not only the better for Venezuelans, but It will create incentives for those millions that are abroad to go back… The Of the dictatorship in Venezuela.” He explains that, “if this dictatorshipĮnds, it would decrease significantly the number of migrants and refugees and Smolansky, “the best solution for this migration and refugee crisis is the fall Million migrants and refugees by 2020.” At this rate, Venezuela’s refugeeĬrisis will surpass Syria’s within 18 months.
“If the humanitarian crisisĬontinues in Venezuela… we could see more than 5 million Venezuelan migrants and Smolansky worries things will only get worse. “The key to have more help is to have a global interpretation of this crisis.” International attention? “Some see the Venezuelan migrant and refugee crisis asĪ regional problem, or even worse, as a sub-regional problem,” explains Smolansky. This large and severe, why has the plight of these refugees failed to garner Per person, while Venezuelan counterparts have received about $100-200. International assistance to Syrian refugees amounts to about $3000 History of Latin America and the second largest in the world, only behindĪ fraction of the aid dedicated to other crises has been devoted to Venezuelan This is the largest migration or refugee crisis in the Refugee crisis are staggering: “As we speak, there are 4.2 million Venezuelan Popular, one of Venezuela’s main opposition parties. Organizer, is also the co-founder of Voluntad Smolansky, a journalist, political scientist, and student Migration and refugee crisis, joins Altamar to discuss the nation’s But amidst the scandal and intrigue, the plight of millions upon millions of Venezuelans forced to flee Nicolas Maduro’s regime has failed to attract the same attention.Ĭhair of the Organization of American States’ working group on the Venezuelan Mass corruption, Russian troops, international sanctions, and tweetstorms from John Bolton, Marco Rubio and so many others make for vivid headlines. The politics of Venezuela are intoxicating. Many international leaders’ minds – so why are suffering Venezuelans slipping Visit Vivid-Alt's popular website Tristan Taormino, popular columnist with The Village Voice and an award-winning director has also launched a Vivid-Ed imprint for the company.The political crisis in Venezuela is at the forefront of He has been profiled in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and The Village Voice. McKai has been widely credited as the founder of this new and edgy film genre.
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