Venezuelan Brazilians
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Venezuelan Brazilians are individuals of full, partial, or predominantly Venezuelan ancestry, or a Venezuelan-born person residing in Brazil. Until the early 2010s, the immigration of this group was little expressive compared to the immigration of other South American peoples such as Argentines, Bolivians or Paraguayans. However, the crisis in Venezuela and the subsequent refugee crisis has led to Brazil becoming home to a large number of Venezuelan refugees, most of whom enter the border through the northern state of Roraima. By the beginning of the 2020, more than 200,000 of Venezuelans have migrated to the country looking for refuge.[2][3]
Total population | |
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477,500[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Brazil:
Mainly Northern Region Southeastern Central-West | |
Languages | |
Spanish · Portuguese Minority: Warao | |
Religion | |
Mostly Roman Catholicism and Folk religions. | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Venezuelans other Brazilian, Hispanic and Hispanophone people |
Mass migration from Venezuela has proven challenging for authorities in Roraima, with informal estimates from 2019 suggesting that Venezuelan refugees constitute a fifth of the state's total population.[4]