UNHCR welcomes reopening of Brazil-Venezuela border after brief closure

10 Aug 2018

UNHCR welcomes last night’s decision of the Brazilian Supreme Court to overturn a decision by a Federal Judge in Roraima border state to suspend admission of Venezuelans to the country and close the…

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Hunger, despair drive indigenous groups to leave Venezuela

10 Aug 2018

With medicine and food scarce at home, indigenous Warao and Wayúu peoples are abandoning their lands to seek refuge in Brazil and Colombia.

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The UN celebrates that Colombia regularizes almost 450,000 Venezuelans

03 Aug 2018

The UN system, under the leadership of The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and The International Organization for Migration (IOM), said it will continue working with the authorities and its partners to…

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