Venezuela refugees flee economic crisis

Venezuela’s economic collapse has created the biggest migration crisis in recent Latin American history, with 5,000 people leaving the country every day according to the UN refugee agency

ASYLUM-SEEKERS FROM VENEZUELA, 2014-Feb/Mar 2018 (top countries)


United States 58,764
Brazil 24,818
Peru 23,848
Spain 12,305
Panama 6,160
Costa Rica 5,007
Mexico 4,516 
Ecuador 2,232 
Canada 2,230 
Trinidad & Tobago 1,785  
Chile 1,607
Colombia 1,057
Total asylum seekers 145,335

POVERTY IN VENEZUELA
Percent of population
Extreme poverty Others in poverty
2014
2015
2016
2017
80
60
40
20
0

VENEZUELANS AS TEMPORARY RESIDENTS*
Data as of Mar 7, 2018
Venezuela
Mexico 16,220
Panama 48,900
Ecuador 50,502
Peru 30,200
Argentina 40,884
Chile 84,479
Costa Rica 5,600
Uruguay 2,072
Brazil 10,963
Colombia 155,000
Total temporary residents 444,820

*Defined by UNHCR as “Alternative Legal Stay”

Sources: UNHCR, Financial Times