The Venezuelan refugee crisis: Challenges and solutions
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The current mass exodus of Venezuelans into neighboring Colombia, Brazil, and other South American countries has the potential to wreak havoc in border communities and budgets. Official figures place the number of Venezuelan residents in Colombia at 600,000 and in Brazil at around 40,000, with observers on the ground estimating the real numbers to be much higher. To manage such an enormous challenge, the international community—including the U.N. system, international institutions, and other private, public, and multilateral stakeholders—will have to work together to mobilize the necessary resources and forge a collective response that provides relief to suffering Venezuelans fleeing their country.
On April 13, the Brookings Global-CERES Economic and Social Policy in Latin America Initiative (ESPLA) and the Latin America Initiative at Brookings co-hosted a discussion with regional and humanitarian experts on the Venezuelan refugee crisis and the national, regional, and global responses.
Following the conversation, panelists took audience questions.
Agenda
Introduction
Ted Piccone
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology
Panel
Dany Bahar
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development
Associate Professor of Practice of International and Public Affairs - Brown University
Karen L. Freeman
Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance - U.S. Agency for International Development
Matthew Reynolds
Regional representative for the United States and the Caribbean - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Marta Costanzo Youth
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Central Asia & the Americas, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration - U.S. Department of State
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