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Venezuela: EU reaffirms support to refugees and migrants at International Donors' Conference

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At the International Donors' Conference in Solidarity with Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants, the European Commission pledged €147 million, in addition to pledges by EU member states, for immediate humanitarian assistance, medium and longer-term development assistance and conflict prevention interventions for Venezuelan refugees, migrants and host communities. This comes in addition to the ongoing aid package of €319m allocated by the EU to alleviate the crisis since 2018.

This year's funding from the European Union will focus on three different aspects. Firstly, on humanitarian assistance of €82m for immediate relief activities to vulnerable Venezuelans affected by the crisis, wherever they are. Secondly, on development cooperation of €50m focusing in particular on social and economic integration of Venezuelan refugees, migrants and host communities in countries most affected by the Venezuelan crisis. Thirdly, on assistance through the Foreign Policy Instrument of €15 million, focusing on strengthening registration and integration policies and processes for Venezuelan migrants and refugees and addressing the needs of host communities. Over 5.6 million Venezuelans have been forced to leave their homes since 2015, leading to what has become the largest displacement in the history of Latin America and the second largest in the world, after Syria. The press release is available online.

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