Around 2.8 million Venezuelans reside in Colombia, at least 59.8% have a temporary protection permit
Kerwin García never planned to flee his native Venezuela. Nowadays he sometimes wonders if he'll ever fit into his adopted country, Colombia. After growing up in the coastal state of Falcón, García left high school and joined the army, then briefly worked as a government employee.
The last phase of the program was aimed at migrants who entered Colombia through an official immigration checkpoint between January 31, 2021 and May 28, 2023, and have a stamped passport as proof. “Seventy percent of Venezuelans do not have a passport,” laments lawyer García. Likewise, people who have entered Colombia illegally since 2021 are not eligible for this program. “A migrant who enters at this time – regular or irregular – cannot be a beneficiary of the ETPV,” she said.
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