BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A United Nations special envoy is warning that the international community is falling short in helping nations like Colombia respond to the massive exodus of Venezuelans.
Eduardo Stein said Tuesday that Colombia has received less than a third of the international financing it needs to handle the mounting migration crisis.
The U.N. representative added that the growing flight of Venezuelans has now “totally surpassed” Colombia’s capacity to respond.
More than 1.4 million Venezuelans have fled to the neighboring Andean nation.
The exodus is unprecedented in recent Latin American history and is one of the largest mass displacements of people in the world today.
Colombia’s foreign ministry says the nation has received $68 per Venezuelan, far below what has been provided to nations receiving Syrian migrants.