Peru

Peru hosts the highest number of Venezuelan asylum-seekers globally and is the second-largest host country for forcibly displaced Venezuelans.

 

$71.8 million

are urgently needed from January to December 2024

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Young Venezuelan and Peruvian girls, participants of Chamas en Acción (Girls in Action) talk during a workshop run by Peruvian NGO Quinta Ola in Lima, Peru. Chamas en Acción¨ is an initiative of the NGO - Quinta Ola, recognized by the UNHCR NGO Innovation Award, whose purpose is to empower Venezuelan refugee and migrant girls and adolescents in Peru through activism.© UNHCR/Sebastian Castañeda
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There are over 1.5 million forcibly displaced from Venezuela residing in Peru.

Since 2018, UNHCR has been addressing the escalating needs of refugees, asylum-seekers, migrants, and the local population. UNHCR, in close collaboration with the government, UN agencies, and its partners, implements interventions in Lima and eight regions of the country, providing humanitarian assistance and protection at national, regional, and local levels.

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Populations

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Population types

Note: The "Stateless" category does not include stateless people who are also in other categories, to avoid double counting. The total number of stateless, across all categories, is  .

NB: 2023 figures are planning figures.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder for years until 2022, UNHCR planning figures (COMPASS) otherwise.

Population by country

NB: 2023 figures are planning figures.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder for years until 2022, UNHCR planning figures (COMPASS) otherwise.

Population by origin

NB: 2023 figures are planning figures.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder for years until 2022, UNHCR planning figures (COMPASS) otherwise.

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Financials

Budget and expenditure trend

Source: 2024 budget and 2023 current budget are taken from the budget document approved by UNHCR's Executive Committee in October 2023.

Budget by pillar

Budget by objective

Note: The table presents the  budget for this operation broken down at the objective level. Resource allocation at the objective level is subject to change during the course of the year as the operational situation evolves and priorities shift. The current budget, reflected in the bottom line of this table, is updated on a monthly basis and is replaced by the final budget at year-end.

Expenditure by Outcome Area

Budget by Impact Area

Protect: Attaining favourable protection environments
Respond: Realizing rights in safe environments
Empower: Empowering communities and achieving gender equality
Solve: Securing solutions

Source: 2023 budget as approved by the Executive Committee in October 2022.
2022 current budget as approved by the High Commissioner as of October 2022; pending presentation to the ExCom's Standing Committee.

Budget by Outcome and Enabling Areas

Source: 2023 budget as approved by the Executive Committee in October 2022.
2022 current budget as approved by the High Commissioner as of October 2022; pending presentation to the ExCom's Standing Committee.

Budget by Impact Area

Protect: Attaining favourable protection environments
Respond: Realizing rights in safe environments
Empower: Empowering communities and achieving gender equality
Solve: Securing solutions

Source: 2024 budget and 2023 current budget are taken from the budget document approved by UNHCR's Executive Committee in October 2023.

Budget by Outcome and Enabling Areas

Budget by Impact Area

Protect: Attaining favourable protection environments
Respond: Realizing rights in safe environments
Empower: Empowering communities and achieving gender equality
Solve: Securing solutions

Budget by Outcome and Enabling Areas

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Latest updates

Peru Funding Update - 2024
31-Oct-24
published
1 week ago
September 2024
published
4 weeks ago
August 2024
published
2 months ago
August 2024
published
2 months ago
August 2024
published
2 months ago
04-Mar-24
published
8 months ago
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