Guyana — Flow Monitoring at the Border with Venezuela (March 2018)

The current political and economic situation in Venezuela is forcing a high number of Venezuelans to cross to neighboring countries in search of medicine, food, hygiene kits or hygienic supplies and work, in the hope of improving their economic situation. DTM deployed a team of enumerators to assess the trend of Venezuelan migrants in the areas of Bartica and Etheringbang, close to the source of the Cuyuni River, located in region 7 of Guyana. The DTM in Guyana assessed locations of transit points, primarily through the flow monitoring component which included interviews with migrants and observations. This report presents data collected during the period of 10-21 December 2017. A total of 948 persons (120 surveys) volunteered to be interviewed by IOM enumerators. 100% of interviewees indicated that they used a boat to get to Guyana. In 100% of the interviews, economic migration was indicated as the reason for migrating.