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Venezuela: about 3m have fled political and economic crisis since 2015, UN says
Source: The Guardian and agencies
Venezuela: about 3m have fled political and economic crisis since 2015, UN says
Exodus driven by violence, hyperinflation and food and medicine shortage amounts to about one in 12 of the country’s population
Joe Parkin Daniels in Bogotá and agencies in Geneva
Thu 8 Nov 2018 16.31 GMT
The exodus of Venezuelans fleeing economic and political crisis in their homeland has accelerated dramatically, reaching a total of about 3 million since 2015, the United Nations has announced.
The new figures show that about one in 12 of the population has now left the country, driven by violence, hyperinflation and shortages of food and medicines.
The rate of migration has sped up in the past six months, said William Spindler of the UN high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR), which appealed for greater international efforts to ease the strain on Venezuela’s neighbours.
Oil-rich Venezuela has sunk into crisis under its socialist president, Nicolás Maduro, who has struggled to rein in hyperinflation and clamped down on political opponents.
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Exodus driven by violence, hyperinflation and food and medicine shortage amounts to about one in 12 of the country’s population
Joe Parkin Daniels in Bogotá and agencies in Geneva
Thu 8 Nov 2018 16.31 GMT
The exodus of Venezuelans fleeing economic and political crisis in their homeland has accelerated dramatically, reaching a total of about 3 million since 2015, the United Nations has announced.
The new figures show that about one in 12 of the population has now left the country, driven by violence, hyperinflation and shortages of food and medicines.
The rate of migration has sped up in the past six months, said William Spindler of the UN high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR), which appealed for greater international efforts to ease the strain on Venezuela’s neighbours.
Oil-rich Venezuela has sunk into crisis under its socialist president, Nicolás Maduro, who has struggled to rein in hyperinflation and clamped down on political opponents.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/08/venezuela-migrants-fleeing-exodus-increase-united-nations
