Venezuela Refugee Crisis To Become Far Worse, UN-EU Conference Told

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Venezuela Refugee Crisis To Become Far Worse, UN-EU Conference Told
By Toni CERDÀ 10/28/19 AT 1:02 PM

The refugee wave in Latin America sparked by Venezuela's implosion will get worse next year, aggravating a regional crisis, a UN representative on the issue told a Brussels conference Monday.

"The challenges for 2020 will be even greater than those faced in 2019," Eduardo Stein, the special representative for the UN's refugee and migration agencies, told the event co-hosted with the European Commission.

"For the coming year we project the total number of Venezuelan refugees and migrants to pass from 4.5 million to 6.5 million," he said, warning that neighbouring countries were already struggling to host the arrivals.

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