The Venezuelan displacement crisis—with over 8 million people leaving the country—is one of the largest in the world. This panel examines the humanitarian dimensions of the crisis: the successive waves of migration and their regional impact; healthcare and humanitarian assistance in transit and resettlement countries; the educational challenges facing newcomer youth; and the implications of changing U.S. asylum policy and the collapse of USAID assistance. The panel brings together expertise on migration, health, and education with a focus on both sending and receiving communities.
Manuela Orjuela-Grimm is a molecular epidemiologist and pediatric oncologist at CUIMC.
Astrid Liden holds an MSc in Refugee & Forced Migration Studies and a Master of Public Policy, both from the University of Oxford, where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar.
Dany Bahar is an Israeli and Venezuelan economist. He is currently a Senior Fellow and Director of the Migration Program at the Center for Global Development.
Diego Chaves-González is the Senior Manager for the Latin America and Caribbean Initiative at the Migration Policy Institute.
Daniel Naujoks focuses primarily on issues related to international migration and development and homeland-diaspora relations.
