The possibility of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro retaining power is motivating many Venezuelans to leave, according to a recent survey. But a new stream of Venezuelan migration could have serious consequences for Latin America, the US-Mexico border, and even the US presidential race.
“There’s always fewer people who leave than those who say they plan to,” he said. “A quarter of the population of Venezuela has left already, so it’s unlikely we’re going to see a massive flow overnight of people fleeing. It could be a continuous trickle over the next few years, not the massive outflow we once saw.”
The larger migration of Venezuelans happened between 2017 and 2019, when millions of people left mostly to other countries across Latin America.
Close to 3 million Venezuelans have now settled in neighboring Colombia and 1.5 million in Peru.
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So many Venezuelans have left the country since Chavez. I suspect a lot of Venezuelans still in Venezuela can’t afford to move