The United Nations says some 2.3 million Venezuelans are living outside their homeland, with 1.6 million of those having left since 2015. Oil-rich but over-reliant, Venezuela is in a fourth year of recession brought on by a crash in oil prices in 2014. Like Brazil, Peru has seen outbreaks of anti-Venezuelan xenophobia. Security Minister Sergio Etchegoyen warned that Brazil “needs to discipline” the influx of migrants. Brazil can’t pay it because of European Union and United States sanctions against Venezuela.

Source: Manila Times August 29, 2018 00:22 UTC