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Venezuela Regional Crisis – Complex Emergency JUNE 22, 2021 Fact Sheet #3 Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Venezuela Regional Crisis – Complex Emergency JUNE 22, 2021 SITUATION AT A GLANCE 9.3 5.6 7.5 $708.1 $1.4 MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION BILLION People Classified as Venezuelan People in Need of Funding Funding Acutely Food Insecure Migrants and Humanitarian Assistance Requirement Requirement in Venezuela Refugees Globally Across LAC in 2021 for 2021 HRP for 2021 RMRP UN – February 2020 R4V – June 2021 R4V – April 2021 UN – June 2021 R4V – December 2020 On June 17, the USG announced nearly $407 million in humanitarian funding for the response to the Venezuela regional crisis. The UN released the 2021 Venezuela HRP on June 17; relief actors call for expansion of humanitarian access in Venezuela. WFP established operations in Venezuela following an agreement with the regime of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro on April 19. In May, Colombia launched its TPS registration system, the first countrywide effort in the region to regularize Venezuelan migrants. TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT HUMANITARIAN FUNDING USAID/BHA1 $250,636,832 For the Venezuela Regional Crisis Response in FY 2021 State/PRM2 $156,268,808 For complete funding breakdown with partners, see detailed chart on page 6. Total $406,905,640 1 USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/BHA) 3 U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (State/PRM) 1 KEY DEVELOPMENTS USG Announces $407 Million in Additional Funding for the Venezuela Regional Crisis At the June 17 Government of Canada-hosted International Donors’ Conference in Solidarity with Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield announced nearly $407 million in additional U.S. Government (USG) humanitarian funding to respond to the Venezuela regional crisis, including humanitarian assistance inside Venezuela. The funding—comprising approximately $156 million from State/PRM and nearly $251 million from USAID/BHA—will enable non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and UN agencies to continue providing various types of humanitarian assistance to vulnerable populations across the region. The additional funding builds on ongoing programs for Venezuelans and host communities throughout the region, and supports the provision of emergency food assistance—including vouchers and direct cash transfers to purchase food in local markets—and education, health, protection, shelter, and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) assistance. The funding will also increase USG support for humanitarian coordination and logistics for the response within Venezuela, where international and local relief organizations are working to provide life-saving assistance, including emergency food supplies and health and WASH services, to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Since 2017, the USG has provided more than $1.4 billion in humanitarian funding for the Venezuela regional crisis response. UN Releases 2021 Venezuela HRP; Relief Actors Continue Efforts to Procure COVID-19 Vaccines The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) released the 2021 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) on June 17, requesting more than $708 million for Venezuela to continue providing multi-sector humanitarian assistance to approximately 4.5 million people through the end of 2021. The HRP calls for increased efforts to guarantee humanitarian access in Venezuela, prioritizes assistance in the health, nutrition, food security, protection, shelter, and WASH sectors, and advocates improved access to essential services throughout the country, including education, electricity, and potable water. The HRP also discusses the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Venezuela, which has exacerbated existing humanitarian needs and limited livelihood opportunities among vulnerable households. OCHA notes that UN agencies and other humanitarian actors aim to support the deployment of COVID-19 vaccines through the global COVAX initiative, as well as bilateral vaccine donations. However, relief and health organizations have expressed concern over the equitable distribution of vaccines due to the lack of a finalized National Deployment and Vaccination Plan. WFP Establishes Operations in Venezuela Following April Visit to Caracas On April 19, a delegation from the UN World Food Program (WFP) met with Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro and other Maduro regime officials to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that allows WFP to establish humanitarian operations inside Venezuela, provide critically-needed food assistance throughout the country, and implement activities in accordance with the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and operational independence. Additionally, while in Venezuela, WFP Executive Director David Beasley and WFP representatives met with Interim President of Venezuela Juan Guaidó and officials from the interim Government of Venezuela, other UN agencies, NGOs, and ambassadors from key donor countries who stressed the importance of reducing household-level food insecurity in Venezuela. The UN agency plans to provide food assistance to nearly 185,000 children via its school feeding program by the end of 2021 and gradually scale up food assistance to reach approximately 1.5 million children in Venezuela by June of 2023. As of 2019, approximately 9.3 million 2 people in Venezuela—more than 32 percent of the country’s population—were moderately or severely food-insecure, according to WFP. Additionally, WFP plans to support the Logistics Cluster—the coordinating body for humanitarian logistics activities, comprising UN agencies, NGOs, and other stakeholders—to implement logistics activities that facilitate humanitarian operations throughout the country. Governments of Brazil, Colombia, and Ecuador Aim to Integrate Venezuelans On May 5, the Government of Colombia (GoC) launched the first phase of registration for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in Colombia, which includes virtual enrollment via a GoC-administered website or mobile application. Venezuelans who acquire TPS will formalize their legal status in Colombia and gain access to public services, including education, health care, formal employment, and national banking institutions, for up to 10 years while they apply for long-term residency. GoC officials have also established more than 100 in-person sites throughout the country to support registrants. As of June 16, approximately 1 million people had initiated the registration process on the GoC’s TPS website. USAID/BHA and State/PRM partners, including Save the Children Federation (SCF), the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and WFP, have been coordinating with the Interagency Group for Mixed Migration Flows (GIFMM)—a group of NGOs and UN agencies in Colombia supporting the coordination of the nationwide humanitarian response to migration—and Migración Colombia, the GoC’s migration authority, to support the TPS registration process by providing internet access to registrants, clarifying required documentation, and implementing fraud prevention measures. Separately, on June 2, the GoC announced that it had officially reopened the Colombia–Venezuela land border after closing it for more than a year in an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19. Migración Colombia is reopening the border gradually over the coming months in accordance with set schedules and protocols at official crossing points, and the agency is expected to impose a daily limit on the number of individuals allowed to enter Colombia. Meanwhile, at the June 17 donor conference, President of Ecuador Guillermo Lasso reiterated the Government of Ecuador (GoE)’s commitment to formalizing the legal status of Venezuelans who lack a valid migration status in the country. President Lasso emphasized the need to establish a comprehensive migration policy that safeguards the rights and legal status of Venezuelan migrants in Ecuador, indicating that the GoE would coordinate with UN agencies to integrate Venezuelans. During a May 23–25 visit to Ecuador, Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield met with President Lasso and relief actors—including USG partners the International Organization for Migration (IOM), UNHCR, and WFP—to discuss the need for sustained humanitarian assistance and integration support for Venezuelan migrants in Ecuador. In Brazil, since March 2018, the Government of Brazil (GoB) has resettled more than 50,000 Venezuelan migrants from Roraima State along the Brazil–Venezuela border to 675 cities throughout the country as part of Operation Welcome, the GoB-led effort to facilitate the integration of Venezuelans in Brazil. With support from State/PRM partners IOM and UNHCR, the GoB aims to accommodate the influx of Venezuelan migrants by improving access to long-term shelter solutions and sustainable livelihood opportunities. 3 KEY FIGURES U.S. GOVERNMENT RESPONSE FOOD SECURITY USAID/BHA assistance to date in FY 2021 aims to address acute food insecurity among migrants, refugees, and host community members residing 960,000 in Colombia and Peru, as well as vulnerable Venezuelans inside Venezuela. People supported USAID/BHA-funded emergency food assistance—implemented through through USAID/BHA- Solidarités International in Colombia and WFP in Colombia and Peru— funded emergency food assistance includes locally procured in-kind food assistance, hot meals, cash transfers for food, food vouchers, and complementary nutrition and WASH support. In Venezuela, USAID/BHA is funding NGO and UN partners for hot meals and in-kind food assistance.
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