Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, now the word we are using is the “nexus" programming. There is a recognition in the industry that you cannot just focus on the humanitarian, immediate life-saving, emergency type of assistance, but also on what is needed here after people arrive. I'm saying that we are suppo

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The main thing people are asking for, and that we also totally support, is an approach to dignity. That is, basically, regularize and integrate an access to the labour market rather than food handouts. That would be my short answer. That's probably what almost everybody will ask

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  In Norte de Santander, there is an area called Tibú, which was also mentioned by another panel member, and Catatumbo north of Norte de Santander in the border region. That is a zone for coca plantations, and there's a presence of at least five different armed groups. It is an are

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Absolutely. We have our office in a place called Pamplona. It's on the route of the caminantes. It's a hill town not far from the border. It's one and a half hours by car. As an example, there were four albergues where caminantes and Venezuelans were allowed to stay overnight. Th

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  It is a priority of our program, as well. That's one of our strengths. CARE does humanitarian work, but we have a dual mandate. We have a lot of development experience, so we bring both approaches together. We work with the local community. We have women leaders in an emergency p

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  We saw the peak here at the end of August. Because of all the aggressive measures that were taken very early, it took longer to reach that first peak. Since we don't have seasons here, we don't have winter. It's on a high level but it's stable. At the moment it fluctuates between

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The thing at the moment is that since March the borders have been closed. There's basically no way to enter the country in any kind of regularized way, such as going through migration. In the area that we work in, Norte de Santander, and along the routes of the caminantes, there

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  No. The 1.8 million—that's an official figure—are actually in Colombia. The other countries are Chile, which has a very large number, Peru and Ecuador. There's a smaller number in Brazil.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  We have had a long-standing presence and programs in Peru and Ecuador. In our experience, I think the main difference that's very important is that, for example, in Ecuador there is access to the health system. You don't have to be regularized. You don't have to be a legal docume

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  That's a good question. I would say, yes, there's a huge problem. I think one of the panel members mentioned that there is xenophobia. There's hostility. People are being rejected. They don't have the same access to services. In our program experience, many people working in the

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much. Refugees and migrants keep pouring out of Venezuela. In about five years more than five million Venezuelans were driven out of their country by an unprecedented political, social and economic collapse. The vast majority of those who were uprooted now reside