Refugee Protection & Migration
"The Venezuelan crisis and its humanitarian impact need to go back on top of the international agenda. I believe that the conference has been a success in this respect", said EU High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini following the two-day International Solidarity Conference on the Venezuelan refugee and migrant crisis held in Brussels on 28-29 October.
On 28 October in Brussels, EU High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini officially opened, together with Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and António Vitorino, Director General of IOM, the two-day International Solidarity Conference on the Venezuelan refugee and migrant crisis.
"We are here to mobilise and to join forces globally on one of the most dramatic crises of our times“, Mogherini said to the 4.5 million Venezuelans who are in need and are calling for the international community to support and to help.
The European Union, together with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration, will co-host the International solidarity conference on the Venezuelan refugee and migrant crisis on 28-29 October in Brussels.
It is estimated that, so far, approximately 4.5 million Venezuelans have fled as a result of the political turmoil, socio-economic instability and humanitarian crisis in their country.
On 28-29 October in Brussels, the European Union, together with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and UN Migration Agency (IOM), will host the International Solidarity Conference on the Venezuelan refugee and migrant crisis.
The European Commission has taken stock of all work strands of the European Agenda on Migration in its Progress Report. The report highlighted that almost 760,000 lives at sea and over 23,000 migrants in the Nigerien desert were rescued with EU support since 2015.
Josep Borrell takes office as the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission (HR/VP).
