Aruba (The Netherlands) Updates

Key Figures 23,122 Colombians and Venezuelans, including refugees and asylum-seekers, live in Aruba and Curaçao. 654 Health care consultations were provided by UNHCR’s partner in Curaçao. 72 People,...

UNHCR conducted a protection monitoring exercise in Aruba with refugees and asylum-seekers to better understand their profiles and protection needs. Data collection was conducted from May to July...

Key Figures 23,122 Colombians and Venezuelans, including refugees and asylum-seekers, live in Aruba and Curaçao 564 Health care consultations were provided by UNHCR’s partner in Curaçao. 163 People,...

ORANJESTAD – Due to global funding challenges affecting humanitarian operations worldwide, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, will close its National Office in Aruba effective 31 August 2025 due to the...

English ORANJESTAD – Debido a los retos de financiación a nivel mundial que afectan a las operaciones humanitarias en todo el mundo, ACNUR, la Agencia de la ONU para los Refugiados, cerrará su...

Key Figures 24,863 Colombians and Venezuelans, including refugees and asylum-seekers, live in Aruba and Curaçao. 710 Health care consultations provided by UNHCR's partner in Curaçao. 61 People,...

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Key Figures 23,063 Venezuelans, including refugees, live in Aruba and Curaçao. 1,470 People assisted with primary health care consultations in Curaçao 300 People reached out through information,...

Description Summary of the context and response in the Aruba national RMRP 2025-26. FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS 2025 $5.09 M 2026 $4.79 M

Context UNHCR and HIAS conducted a protection monitoring exercise in Aruba with refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants to better understand their profiles and protection needs. Data collection was...

Key Figures 23,000 Venezuelan refugees and migrants live in Aruba and Curacao. 1,028 Individuals assisted with primary health care consultations in Curacao. 155 People assisted with counselling and...

Türkiye has provided protection to more refugees than any other country in the last ten years. But in terms of refugees as a proportion of the total population, it is mostly small and lesser-known...

Venezuelan refugees in Aruba must be better protected Venezuelan refugees in Aruba are the victims of a lack of specific asylum legislation on the island. The post-electoral crisis in Venezuela shows...

Key Figures Approximately 31,000 Venezuelan refugees and migrants live in Aruba and Curacao. 665 Individual primary health care consultations provided by UNHCR and partners in Curacao. Aruba and...

Context Aruba and Curacao are two self-governing constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. They are autonomous but are not part of the European Union. Neither Dutch asylum law nor...

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PROLOGO Es para la Oficina del Enviado Especial para la Respuesta Regional a la Situación de Venezuela junto a la representación de la OIM Aruba, un inmenso placer haber apoyado gracias a la Agencia...

RESPONSE PRIORITIES • Strengthen protection and risk mitigation, focusing on the most vulnerable, including advocacy for access to regular status, alternatives to detention and deportation, and the...

Key Figures Approximately 31,000 Venezuelan refugees and migrants live in Aruba and Curacao. 6,710 Asylum-seekers and other forcibly displaced people in Curacao received primary health care services...

Context The 1967 Protocol and the 1951 Refugee Convention apply to Aruba. Curaçao does not consider itself bound by these instruments, often exposing refugees and asylum-seekers to abuse,...