“My name is Y. I’m 24 years old and I was born in Puerto La Cruz, in the state of Anzoátegui, Venezuela. Before the economic crisis, I had a normal life: I lived with my mother and sister, there was no shortage of food and I studied surgical instrumentation at a private college. My mom …
The term interiorization refers to voluntarily taking Venezuelan refugees and migrants from the state of Roraima to other cities in the country offering better opportunities for socioeconomic insertion. This, in turn reduces the pressure on public services in the state of Roraima. The federal government estimates around 260,000 Venezuelan refugees and migrants currently live in …
Interiorization – a hope for a better life inside Brazil Read More »
There are 262.000 refugees and migrants from Venezuela in Brazil nowadays. The economic and political crisis in our neighboring country brought them not only uncertainties but a shortage of food and medical supplies and increased the migratory flow of Venezuelans to Brazil. On January 20, 2021 we received two Venezuelans, a mother and son, coming …
