I wrote with Luisa Feline Freier and Cécile Blouin a report for the Fundación Carolina. Even if data is not completely reliable, Venezuelan emigration has skyrocketed since 2015 to reach more than three million nationals abroad. This article discusses the characteristics of such migration and the legal and politicalresponses by 14 states in the region. The article then presents a critical assessment of such responses before discussing the domestic and international political constraints limiting the margin of manoeuvre for the various states. We also analyse the work of the Grupo de Lima and the Quito Process, before ending with recommendations focusing on how to improve the deficiencies exposed.
Suggested citation: Diego Acosta, Cécile Blouin and Luisa Feline Freier, ‘La Emigración Venezolana: Respuestas Latinoamericanas’, Fundación Carolina, Documento de Trabajo 3, 2019.