UNHCR operation in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

About this project

Despite some economic relief from lifted sanctions, the Humanitarian Needs Assessment for the 2024-25 Humanitarian Response Plan reveals that 7.6 million Venezuelans require humanitarian assistance. This aligns closely with the 7.7 million who have left the country in search of better prospects. In the lead-up to the polarizing electoral year of 2024, UNHCR takes on a crucial role as the leader of the Protection Cluster and the Shelter, Energy, and Non-Food Items Cluster, targeting populations in need of 4.4 and 2.4 million people, respectively. UNHCR's protection strategy in Venezuela focuses on several key objectives, including protecting refugees, asylum-seekers, and Venezuelans affected by the crisis, preventing statelessness, facilitating sustainable reintegration of returnees, and mitigating displacement risks through community resilience and disaster preparedness. Working alongside partners, both international and local non-governmental organizations, UNHCR supports internally displaced persons, those at risk of displacement, individuals at risk of statelessness, returnees, refugees, and asylum seekers. Psychosocial assistance is provided with a focus on vulnerable groups. Legal aid is extended to undocumented individuals at risk of statelessness, particularly the indigenous population. To bolster community capacities for identifying needs and care routes, UNHCR conducts training for existing groups and structures. Mobile information desks are deployed countrywide to…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 1No Poverty
• 5Gender Equality
• 8Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 16Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Published by

Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) · Multilateral

Countries

Venezuela

Sectors

Material relief assistance and services

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributes

Funded by

Argentina for UNHCR, Australia for UNHCR, Canada - Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada, Denmark - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Danida, España con ACNUR, España con ACNUR (Public Sources), European Commission - Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection, Germany - Federal Foreign Office, Grundfos Foundation, Japan for UNHCR, Norway - Norad and MFA, Portugal (Government of), Portugal com ACNUR, Private donors, Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), Sweden for UNHCR, Sweden, through Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), Switzerland - Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), UK for UNHCR, United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)

Published by Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 8 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-41121-2025-AME-VEN.

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