Peru Removes Migration Exemption for Vulnerable Venezuelan Minors and Requires Visa for All

From: https://apnews.com/world-news/general-news-9d92293eb08a7aad6a5004394ec622e1

LIMA (AP) — Peru will extend the requirement of a visa and passport to all Venezuelans wishing to enter its territory starting July 2, following the removal of an exemption that allowed entry with only an identity card in certain cases for humanitarian reasons over the past five years.

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A regulation by the National Migration Superintendence, published on Thursday, established that in five days a directive that authorized entry into Peruvian territory with just an identity card for minors and adults to reunite with their family and for people in vulnerable situations will cease to be in effect.

Thus, Peru standardizes the current passport and visa requirement for all Venezuelans without exception, after five years of special flexibility.

In the country, there are over 1.5 million Venezuelans, and more than 532,000 have applied for refugee status, according to the UN Refugee Agency. According to the Peruvian government, there have only been 16 entries of Venezuelans in vulnerable situations so far this year.

In recent years, the successive governments of Pedro Castillo and the current president, Dina Boluarte, have been critical of the presence of Venezuelan migrants in Peru, questioning whether there is an increase in insecurity in the country due to the actions of criminal gangs like the Tren de Aragua, with members of that nationality.

In April of last year, with just four months in power, Boluarte announced measures to control immigration and preserve order at the borders.

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