This footage was filmed and produced 14 September 2023.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) have detailed in a recent report that more than four million people from Venezuela have serious problems meeting their basic needs once they leave the country.

The latest analysis on the needs of refugees and migrants in 2023 reveals that despite the efforts of host countries to regularize and integrate all these people, the global and regional crisis particularly affects those leaving Venezuela, who are also at risk of abuse, human trafficking, forced recruitment and gender-based violence.

Thus, although "regularization initiatives in the region are the path to a dignified life," as noted by IOM and UNHCR's joint special representative for Venezuela, Eduardo Stein, 60 percent of Venezuelans with valid documentation do not have adequate access to basic rights.

"The fact that half of Venezuelans in the region face barriers to medical care and cannot afford three meals a day or access adequate housing is evidence of the urgent need for international support," Stein said.

This video illustrates several shots from the border of Colombia and Venezuela in Tachira, Venezuela.