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Podcast: Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters
Episode: Venezuelans are fleeing their country in record numbers. This is Latin America's worst-ever refugee crisis
Description: Latin America is experiencing its worst-ever refugee crisis. By most estimates, several thousands of Venezuelans are fleeing the country every single day. In recent weeks the pace and scale of this refugee crisis has sharply increased. There is no end in sight.  My guest today, Andrei Serbin Pont, explains why Venezuelans are leaving their country in such profound numbers. He is the research director of the regional think tank Cries and recently undertook a study of the Venezuelan refugee crisis with the Stanley Foundation   As Andrei explains, most of these refugees are fleeing to Colombia and Brazil and those countries are h...