Colombia to grant legal status to 540,000 Venezuelan migrants
The Colombian Migration Agency announced that it would provide legal status for 540,000 Venezuelan migrants who are guardians of minors living in the country, Reuters reports
According to official statistics, more than 2.8 million Venezuelan migrants currently live in Colombia. The authorities believe that the decision to grant legal status ‘will benefit adults who take care of about 270 thousand minors who have a residence permit in the country’.
“It’s a special permission to stay, like the previous ones, that fundamentally seeks to integrate guardians, those people who have responsibility for minors who have a temporary protection permit and who live in Colombia,” said Carlos Fernando Garcia, who heads the migration agency.
In 2021, the administration of then-President Ivan Duque announced that it would grant 10-year legal status to Venezuelans living in Colombia, and many migrants accepted this offer.
