Resources on work, peace and resilience (Employment promotion)

Labour migration

The ILO supports socio-economic integration of refugees and migrants from Venezuela with a decent work approach

15 March 2023

The Venezuelan displacement is the largest human displacement in the history of Latin America and the Caribbean and the second largest in the world. At a roundtable in Brussels, the ILO presented the main advances and challenges faced by host countries in the socio-economic integration process of the Venezuelans.

ILO in action

Entrepreneurship skills for Venezuelan migrants and refugees

15 September 2021

ILO Chief technical advisor, María Olave, explains how the ILO has provided entrepreneurship training to Venezuelan migrants and refugees in Ecuador and Peru during the COVID-19 pandemic. Well over five million Venezuelans have become refugees and migrants in recent years, the majority of whom are living in neighbouring countries in Latin America.

ILO Response COVID-19 update

Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean

07 August 2020

New York Times

As World Comes to Halt Amid Pandemic, So Do Migrants

04 May 2020

The Guardian

While the west fixates on Covid-19, vulnerable countries pay the price

03 May 2020

Publication

Appeal: Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean

19 November 2019

Within the framework of the Regional Refugees and Migrants Response Plan (RMRP), the ILO is launching an appeal to its development partners to support the response to the unprecedented refugees and migrants crisis that the Latin American region. The ILO is leading the inter-agency response on socio-economic integration of Venezuelan migrants and refugees, and has developed this comprehensive intervention strategy with IOM, FAO and OAS.