Mexico
4,700
Dominican Rep.
42,100
26,400
5,500
100
Aruba
Costa Rica
300
Curaçao
Trinidad and Tobago
15,600
25,700
500
400
300
31,800
7,700
5,400
Panama
94,400
Colombia
5,100
Guyana
36,400
100
1,171,600
Ecuador
2,700
256,300
6,300
Peru
Brazil
700
39,800
428,200
81,000
227,300
Paraguay
Chile
285,100
800
3,100
100
Argentina
Refugees
Venezuelans displaced abroad
Asylum-seekers
127,200
1,000
Uruguay
11,600
100
Map 2 | Venezuelans of concern to UNHCR in Latin America and the Caribbean | end-2018
“We didn’t feel safe anymore. We were scared to be
in the house and we couldn’t leave the children alone.
They threatened to kill my brother.”
– Angelica, a Venezuelan asylum-seeker in Panama, fled her country when armed
groups tried to forcibly recruit her 12 year old son.
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