News of migration

Crisis in Venezuela

The faces of Venezuela's wide political divide

21-01-2020 12:31 In spite of the the crisis in Venezuela, which has hit relentlessly at the largely poor areas that is the ruling party's base of support, citizens of the embattled nation vary widely on their perspectives about the current political situation.

INTERVIEW

Colombia's Duque set to denounce Maduro at UN assembly

23-09-2019 08:28 "The brutality of Nicolás Maduro is comparable to Slobodan Milosevic," said Duque, who has called on the International Criminal Court to investigate Maduro for human rights abuses.

HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

Starting again in Argentina: How Venezuelans leave their past behind

21-09-2019 11:51 From her offices in Tigre, Yrina Morgado specialises in re-training her compatriots – many of whom left senior executive positions or successful professions in their homeland – and teaching them how to start again from scratch.

by Silvina Marquez

UNITED NATIONS

UN calls on Argentina to repeal 2017 immigration decree

17-09-2019 09:42 UN Committee on Rights of Migrant Workers slams "xenophobic and discriminatory statements made by authorities, leaders and the media" in Argentina.

AS I SEE IT

And still they keep coming

06-07-2019 10:46 It is not “racist” to feel it would be disastrous for one’s own country to become more like those immigrants want to leave behind.

by James Neilson

COLOMBIAN LEADER VISITS

Macri, flanked by Duque, says mass migration from Venezuela is unsustainable

10-06-2019 16:41 President Mauricio Macri said this afternoon that the current pace of the migratory exodus of Venezuelans from their crisis-stricken nation is unsustainable, as he and Colombian President Iván Duque criticised President Nicolás Maduro.

BLOOMBERG

'Staggering' Venezuelan exodus jumps to four million citizens

07-06-2019 14:02 Exodus from crisis-stricken nation has reached a “staggering” pace, climbing from 695,000 people in all of 2015 to over one million people since last November, watchdogs groups reveal in new report.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Peru toughens entry rules as influx of Venezuelan migrants grows

07-06-2019 08:00 More than 700,000 Venezuelan migrants entered Peru since 2017, putting public services under pressure and increasing competition for jobs.

IMMIGRATION

Latin America, Caribbean no longer leading sources of emigration

25-01-2019 18:47 Argentina was the top destination for migrants moving within Latin America

AS I SEE IT

The wretched of the earth know the West is best

27-10-2018 08:48 The political climate has changed in Europe and, to a lesser extent, in North America, making it permissible to talk more honestly about the likely impact of mass immigration.

by James Neilson

ON MIGRATIONS

Incoming Venezuelans: returning an old favour

15-09-2018 09:11 After the military coup in 1976, dozens of Argentines fled to Caracas, found jobs, became teachers, completed their studies and even started a newspaper.

by Andrew Graham-Yooll