UNMET BASIC NEEDS IN VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS¿ RECEPTOR COUNTRIES IN TIMES OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Aim/Context: The study aims to theoretically link poverty and Venezuelan migration, understanding impoverishment as the unmet basic needs of migrants in destination countries. Materials and Methods: This study follows an interpretive, non-experimental and transactional methodology. Data mining technique is used in the top five receiving countries of Venezuelan migrants: Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru. The case of Venezuelan migration in Latin America and the Caribbean is presented as a spatial reference. The results show that unmet basic needs are an indicator of poverty in migrations, which could be a factor of impoverishment for the migrant. Conclusion: The accommodation, water, health, education and integration sectors represent half of each country¿s budget in 2020; they are related to housing, economic dependence and services dimensions. These factors as indicators of poverty from the model of unmet basic needs must be covered to prevent Venezuelan migrants and refugees from becoming impoverished. Originality: The theoretical contribution of this study shows the relationship between poverty, unmet basic needs and Venezuelan migration; therefore, Venezuelan migrants and refugees require greater state intervention to satisfy these basic needs and achieve better social and labour integration that improves the living conditions of these agents in the destination countries. © 2025 Jorge Isaac Lechuga-Cardozo.

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