Presented by the Committee on Forced Migration.
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Panelists
- Dr. Cristián Doña-Reveco, Director of the Office for Latino/Latin American Studies (OLLAS) and Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Nebraska at Omaha
- Astrid Liden, Columbia College Student Studying Latin American & Caribbean Studies and Political Science, focus on Venezuelan migration, student researcher
- Dr. Luisa Palacios, Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at SIPA
- Dr. Gisela P. Zapata, Assistant Professor in the Department of Demography and researcher at the Centre for Regional Development and Planning (CEDEPLAR) of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil.
- Fabiana Papaianni - Consultant Migrant Organizations Strengthening Program
- Introduced by Kian Tajbakhsh, Senior Advisor to the Executive Vice President for Global Centers and Global Development at Columbia University
According to the United Nations, there are nearly 6 million Venezuelan migrants and refugees worldwide who have fled over the past few years due to a complex humanitarian, political, and economic crisis in the country, making it the second-largest mass migration crisis in the world, second only to Syria. The majority of these Venezuelans have fled by foot, bus, or other transport within Latin America, most notably to nations like Colombia, Brazil, Chile, among others. From the expansion of the refugee definition to include Venezuelans, to national temporary statuses, to more extreme policies of expulsion and deportation, the regional response in Latin America to Venezuelan migrants has posed a set of challenges for migrants as well as the nations receiving them. This panel will discuss the varying responses of nations to the Venezuelan migration crisis and the need for multilateral response in the face of crisis and how national migration policy towards Venezuelans reflects international responsibility in protecting the rights of Venezuelans abroad.