Since 2015, a fifth of the population has left the country, making Venezuela one of the largest displacement crises in the world, according to the UN Refugee Agency, not far behind Syria.
On average, 2,000 Venezuelans crossed into Colombia every day in 2021, according to the UN.
The Brookings Institution has described the Venezuelan refugee and migrant crisis as “the most underfunded” in modern history.
The flow of people may have slowed since Venezuelans first started to leave their country in droves in 2015, but it shows no signs of stopping.
Hunger is one of the main reasons people leave Venezuela. The Venezuelan Finance Observatory, an independent group of economic analysts, said that a shopping basket for a family of four cost 75% more in January 2022 compared to the same period two years ago.
Colombia has been generous to the 1.8 million Venezuelan migrants it hosts, which is equivalent to 32% of all Venezuelan migrants in Latin America, according to the World Bank.
In February 2021, president Iván Duque announced a new ten-year Temporary Protection Status (TPS) for Venezuelans already in Colombia.
Hunger and desperation: Venezuela’s huge displacement crisis | openDemocracy
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