VENEZUELA
United Frontier
Officials in Colombia, Peru and Ecuador are working to develop a coordinated response to the mass exodus of refugees from Venezuela in meetings that could also impact the future of embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
On the agenda at meetings being held in all three countries are measures to prevent epidemics, harmonize identification requirements and share the burden of relief, Bloomberg reported.
More than 1.6 million people have fled Venezuela since 2015 according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. About the same number of migrants arrived in Europe, mostly fleeing chaos in North Africa and the Middle East, in the same period.
This week, officials from Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Brazil met in Bogota to discuss joint strategies on health care, schooling and employment for migrants. At further meetings in Lima, officials discussed approaching the UN and the Red Cross for greater financial and logistical support.
Meanwhile, Peru and Argentina this month agreed to join Chile, Colombia and Paraguay in accusing Maduro of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court in the Hague.
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