GOAL welcomes granting of legal status to Venezuelan migrants in Colombia
Format
Colombian government is to give protected status to one million Venezuelan migrants
Irish humanitarian aid agency, GOAL, has welcomed the announcement that almost one million Venezuelan migrants living in Colombia will be given new protected legal status.
The announcement was made this week by Colombian President, Iván Duque. He said the protected status, which will be for ten years, will allow the Venezuelan migrants to “normalise” into life in Colombia.
Over five million Venezuelans have left their homeland in recent years due to numerous economic and political crises. Basic supplies such as food, medicine and fuel are in short supply.