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Key Updates
• According to the latest update of the Interagency Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants of Venezuela (R4V), as of December 2022, 7,131,435 Venezuelans have left the country. Of these, 5,986,946 (84%) are in Latin American and Caribbean countries.
• Actors at the borders continue to report return movements to Venezuela. Among the factors of Venezuelans leaving their host countries and their motivations to return, are the improved economic opportunities in the country, the difficulties settling in their host countries, and the desire to meet with family and friends.
• Since January 5, Cuban, Nicaraguan, and Haitian citizens are under a new legal pathway to enter the United States. Its parole process mirrors an existing program for Venezuelans announced in October. About, 30,000 people will be able to apply to this program each month.
• After the tightening of the policies of entry to the United States for Venezuelan citizens, the number of Venezuelans trying to reach Panama from Colombia decreased by 98% between October and November 2022, meanwhile, local actors in the field reported an increase in the transit of Haitians and Ecuadorians through the Darien Gap.
• Between October and December 2022, 717,660 “encounters” were reported at the southern border of the United States. This represents an increase of 46% in comparison with the same period in 2021 (518,935 “encounters”). In December 2022, 251,487 “encounters” were registered.
• On December 27, the Supreme Court ordered Title 42 border restrictions to remain in effect until the Court reviews the matter in 2023. Between March 2020, when the measure was put in place, and December 2022, more than 2 million refugees and migrants have been expelled to Mexico under this policy.
• Deaths or disappearances of refugees and migrants on migratory routes are increasing across the Americas. More than 6,000 deaths during migration have been documented between 2014 and 2022, according to the IOM. Most lives have been lost trying to reach the United States, by land and seas. At the Bolivian-Chilean borders, other deaths have also been reported.