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Venezuela crisis: 7.1m leave country since 2015
Source: BBC
Venezuela crisis: 7.1m leave country since 2015
17 October 2022
By Vanessa Buschschlüter
BBC News Online Latin America editor
More than seven million Venezuelans have left their homeland since 2015 amid an ongoing economic and political crisis, according to new UN data.
More than half of them face challenges accessing food, housing, and stable employment, the UN says.
But despite the difficulties facing them abroad, the flow of Venezuelans escaping turmoil in their homeland has not let up.
Aid agencies warn that these migrants risk being forgotten amid other crises.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-63279800
