Pineros-Leano María, Costas-Rodríguez Beatriz, Taylor Megan M, Pérez-Flores Nancy Jacquelyn, Gomez Diana, Piñeros-Leaño Natalia
School of Social Work, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States of America.
MACONDO Research Team, School of Social Work, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2025 Aug 12;20(8):e0329536. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0329536. eCollection 2025.
The Venezuelan crisis is one of the largest and most neglected migration crises in the Western hemisphere. Driven by economic, humanitarian, and human rights factors, nearly 8 million Venezuelans have migrated to other countries. Colombia hosts the largest group of Venezuelan migrants worldwide, with approximately 2.9 million Venezuelans residing there. Among these migrants are many Venezuelan parents and caregivers of minors who have resettled in different Colombian cities with their children. This descriptive qualitative study aims to identify their needs and highlight key opportunities for intervention. The perspectives of Venezuelan parents and caregivers of minors were complemented by those of service providers to identify systemic challenges and service gaps, providing a more comprehensive understanding of the population's needs and priority areas for action. Using the Transnational Theory of Cultural Stress, this study explores the ways in which the experiences of Venezuelan migrant parents before, during, and after migration impact their current needs.
Using a combination of convenience and probability sampling, we collected semi-structured interviews from 29 Venezuelan parents and caregivers of minors residing in Colombia and 21 service providers who predominantly work with Venezuelan migrants. To analyze the data, we used thematic analysis.
The analysis revealed three major themes: 1) lack of basic necessities forced Venezuelan families to migrate, 2) physical and emotional hardships experienced during the long migration journey, and 3) accumulation of ongoing challenges in Colombia left migrants feeling defeated.
The findings from this study underscore the importance of advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals - including no poverty, reduced inequalities, and good health and well-being - in Venezuelan migrant families.
委内瑞拉危机是西半球规模最大且最被忽视的移民危机之一。受经济、人道主义和人权因素驱动，近800万委内瑞拉人移民到其他国家。哥伦比亚接纳的委内瑞拉移民数量在全球居首，约有290万委内瑞拉人居住在该国。这些移民中有许多是委内瑞拉未成年人的父母及照料者，他们已与子女在哥伦比亚的不同城市定居。这项描述性定性研究旨在确定他们的需求，并突出关键的干预机会。委内瑞拉未成年人的父母及照料者的观点与服务提供者的观点相互补充，以确定系统性挑战和服务差距，从而更全面地了解该人群的需求及行动重点领域。本研究运用跨文化压力理论，探讨委内瑞拉移民父母在移民前、移民期间和移民后的经历如何影响他们当前的需求。
我们采用便利抽样和概率抽样相结合的方法，对居住在哥伦比亚的29名委内瑞拉未成年人的父母及照料者以及21名主要为委内瑞拉移民提供服务的人员进行了半结构化访谈。为分析数据，我们采用了主题分析法。
分析揭示了三个主要主题：1）基本生活必需品的匮乏迫使委内瑞拉家庭移民；2）漫长移民旅程中经历的身心困苦；3）在哥伦比亚持续面临的挑战使移民感到挫败。
本研究结果强调了在委内瑞拉移民家庭中推进联合国可持续发展目标的重要性，这些目标包括消除贫困、减少不平等以及促进健康和福祉。
