To break this cycle, Colombian authorities should work with partners to offer better protections for Venezuelans and to strengthen legal economic opportunities. As the Venezuelans’ role in criminal outfits has grown more prominent, xenophobia directed at them has also increased. Many have little choice but to rely on informal work and are vulnerable to recruitment into armed groups or street gangs. Penniless migrants and refugees are vulnerable to sexual exploitation.
These policies stand out for their compassion but are not matched by sufficient economic or other support.
Venezuelans have fanned out across the Americas, but by far the largest number, close to 2.5 million, have settled in Colombia, where governments sympathetic to the distress across the border and cool to leaders in Caracas have offered them residency and services. Colombia has welcomed millions of Venezuelans fleeing their homeland, but many remain at risk in the country.
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