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    Colombia Offers Temporary Legal Status To Nearly 1 Million Venezuelan Migrants

    The move will allow migrants to work legally in Colombia, obtain 10-year residence permits and access social services including healthcare and COVID-19 vaccines.
    by Rachel Treisman Feb 09, 2021 3 minutes
    Colombian President Ivan Duque (right) and UN High Commissioner for Refugees Italian Filippo Grandi (left) held a briefing in Bogota on Feb. 8 to announce the temporary regularization of almost one million undocumented Venezuelans living in Colombia.

    Colombia will offer temporary protective status to nearly one million undocumented Venezuelan migrants, enabling them to work in the country legally as well as access healthcare and other essential services.

    The initiative was announced by Colombian President Ivan Duque and U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi in a on Monday. It constitutes a major humanitarian act by a country that is home to some 1.7 million displaced Venezuelans, more than.

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