Profiling Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants in the Dominican Republic
Peer Reviewed
Date issued
May 2023
Subject
Migrant;
Refugee;
Labor;
Labor Force;
Children;
Trust;
Health Care;
Education;
Labor Market;
Migration and Migrant;
Human Migration;
Forced Migration;
Population Aging
JEL code
F22 - International Migration;
J60 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers: General;
O15 - Human Resources • Human Development • Income Distribution • Migration;
R23 - Regional Migration • Regional Labor Markets • Population • Neighborhood Characteristics
Country
Dominican Republic
Category
Discussion Papers
Understanding the characteristics of Venezuelan refugees and migrants in the Dominican Republic (DR) is key to informing appropriate policy responses, such as the most recent regularization program (Plan de Normalización de Migrantes Venezolanos). This profile aims to fill a fundamental information gap by providing a detailed review of Venezuelans characteristics to inform a larger project that will assess the impact of the normalization program. It is based on a sample, built using the Respondent Driven Sampling Approach, conducted between December 2021 and January 2022.
