Around 122,900 Venezuelan migrants and refugees were hosted in the Dominican Republic as at the beginning of 2023. Most have come to the country because of the economic collapse in Venezuela. Despite COVID-19-related mobility and migration restrictions, the flow of Venezuelans to the Dominican Republic has continued through all countries of the Caribbean, sometimes through irregular and unsafe routes.
Since April 2021, the country's Migration Normalisation Plan has been in place. This plan seeks to regularise migrants’ status and allows them to obtain work permits, open bank accounts, and access the social security system. Around 63% of Venezuelan migrants have not been able to acquire their regular status because of funding barriers, a lack of information, and difficulties in obtaining the documentation required for the process. Venezuelan migrants living in rural areas experience more difficulties in acquiring a regular status because of poor rood infrastructure and a lack of transport.
Although the Dominican Republic has one of the fastest growing economies in Latin America and the Caribbean, the population’s access to economic opportunities and services remains unequal. Socioeconomic inequalities also affect Venezuelan migrants and refugees, who sometimes face limited access to job opportunities and services, especially when lacking documentation.
(R4V 15/03/2023, (Diario Libre 27/07/2022)
Around 122,900 Venezuelan migrants and refugees were hosted in the Dominican Republic as at the beginning of 2023. Most have come to the country because of the economic collapse in Venezuela. Despite COVID-19-related mobility and migration restrictions, the flow of Venezuelans to the Dominican Republic has continued through all countries of the Caribbean, sometimes through irregular and unsafe routes.
Since April 2021, the country's Migration Normalisation Plan has been in place. This plan seeks to regularise migrants’ status and allows them to obtain work permits, open bank accounts, and access the social security system. Around 63% of Venezuelan migrants have not been able to acquire their regular status because of funding barriers, a lack of information, and difficulties in obtaining the documentation required for the process. Venezuelan migrants living in rural areas experience more difficulties in acquiring a regular status because of poor rood infrastructure and a lack of transport.
Although the Dominican Republic has one of the fastest growing economies in Latin America and the Caribbean, the population’s access to economic opportunities and services remains unequal. Socioeconomic inequalities also affect Venezuelan migrants and refugees, who sometimes face limited access to job opportunities and services, especially when lacking documentation.
(R4V 15/03/2023, (Diario Libre 27/07/2022)
