EU and Canada to co-host the next International Conference in Solidarity with Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants.

European Commission
Press Release
Ottawa, 5 December 2022

 
The outflow of refugees and migrants from Venezuela is currently one of the largest displacement crises in the world, with more than 7.1 million people having fled or left their country. The current global context, and lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, have compounded an already difficult situation for Venezuelan refugees, migrants and their host communities—particularly women and girls. On March 16 and 17, 2023, Harjit Sajjan, Minister of International Development, and Janez Lenarčič, European Commissioner for Crisis Management, will co-host the International Conference in Solidarity with Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants and their Host Countries and Communities. The conference will be organized in close collaboration with the UNHCR—the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration, co-leads of the Regional Inter-Agency Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela, as well as key host countries and partners. Canada and the EU are...
 
(…)
 
Segue nello spazio riservato agli abbonati