Challenges and opportunities of the economic integration of the

As part of this effort, and with the aim of documenting the current situation of Venezuelans in a more systematic way, the Peruvian National Institute of Statistics and Information (INEI, by its Spanish acronym) conducted the Survey of the Venezuelan Population Residing in the Country (ENPOVE) in 2018, the first large-scale survey of this population in Peru. [...] Because of its timing, this survey is an excellent source for analyzing the situation of Venezuelan migrants and refugees after the pandemic in Peru, which was one of the countries in the world most affected by the pandemic (WHO, 2023).10 ENPOVE II also addresses other major changes during this period such as the increase in the number of irregular migrants and the constant changes in the regulari. [...] The recognition requires a passport or immigration card as well as the original and copy of the diploma certifying the academic degree or professional title, the thesis that supported the academic degree and a payment of the corresponding fee (S/645).22 In fact, the cost of the recognition is approximately 63 percent of the minimum wage for 2022. [...] Despite the flexibilization of the validation of the studies of the Venezuelan population during the pandemic, the rigidity of the institutions still harms the use and recognition of qualified migrant and refugee human capital. [...] Moreover, by October 2018 the term to enter the country and request the PTP ended and despite of the policy changes, about 90 percent of Venezuelan migrants and refugees were in regular status or in the process of regularizing their situation according to the ENPOVE I.