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<p>The UK is extremely concerned by the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Venezuela.
The crisis is not only making life untenable for the majority of the Venezuelan population
of 28.4 million people but has led around 6 million Venezuelans to flee the country
since 2016.</p><p>Since 2019, the UK Government has spent £37m in humanitarian aid
in response to the Venezuelan crisis. These funds have provided life-saving support
to very vulnerable people, much of it focused on health and nutrition, water and sanitation,
both inside Venezuela and in other countries in the region, among them Colombia. Inside
Venezuela, our funds have made an important contribution to childhood vaccinations
and strengthening the capacity of the country to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to
the entire population. We have also supported multi-sector projects implemented by
17 national Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and 8 international NGOs through
the Venezuela Humanitarian Fund, which we played a key role in establishing in 2020.
The UK continues to be the largest contributor to the United Nations' Central Emergency
Response Fund and provides considerable funding to other multilateral humanitarian
agencies. We are also a founding donor of the Venezuela Humanitarian Fund, which is
increasing funding to Venezuelan NGOs.</p>
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