Donors’ conference for Venezuelan refugees hosted by Canada aims to raise $1.44B
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OTTAWA — Global Affairs Canada’s assistant deputy minister says a conference Canada will host next week for donors to Venezuelan refugees will highlight key challenges six million refugees are facing and raise funds to address these challenges.
Michael Grant told a virtual news conference today the world should provide sufficient support to countries in South and Central America and the Caribbean that have offered shelter, health care, education, and safety to Venezuelan refugees.
He says the Venezuelan refugee and migrant crisis is the largest the Western Hemisphere has ever seen, and the second largest in the world after the exodus from Syria, but it is not getting nearly the visibility it deserves.
Eduardo Stein, representative for Venezuela of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Immigration, says the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the dire conditions in which Venezuelan refugees live in 17 countries.
