Radiography of the Venezuelan migration crisis in Colombia: from 23,000 to 1.4 million in 5 years

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(CNN Spanish) - 1,488,373. That is the number of Venezuelans currently living in Colombia, a country that due to its proximity and borders has been the one that most Venezuelans pass through and remain since the migration crisis began in 2014, according to the most recent report on Migration Colombia. At that time there were 23,573 Venezuelan citizens in Colombia. The following year that figure would increase by 34% and 3 years later, in 2017, the number rose to 403,702, a surprising 651% more than in 2016.

Venezuelans flee the economic, political and social crisis of their country. There are about 4 million Venezuelans who have migrated to other countries, according to a report by the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR.

This has been the evolution of the Venezuelan migration crisis in Colombia, according to Migration figures: