The National Administrative Department of Statistics (Dane) recently revealed the results of the Pulse of Migration Survey, which seeks to measure the living conditions of foreign citizens in Colombia.
The aforementioned analysis studied several aspects of the stay of migrants in the national territory, but there are three specific ones that are related to the registration of the Special Permit for Permit (PEP), access to work and vaccination in the migrant population, especially of Venezuelans residing in Colombia.
One of the most important data revealed by this survey is that Venezuelans work more than Colombians but earn less.
It should be noted that for this survey, Dane chose a sample of 6,744 migrants represented in 3,288 households and the time period taken into account was January and February 2022.
According to Dane figures, 53.5% of migrants said that during that period they were working. However, 80.8 per cent of the population surveyed had a verbal employment contract and only 19.2 per cent signed a written contract.
Likewise, it was established that 48.3% of Venezuelan migrants in Colombia had a salary between 700,000 and 1,050,000 pesos per month. In addition, according to the survey, 67.9% of citizens of the neighboring country worked for more than 40 hours a week, the same time that 63% of Colombians work, but with a lower salary.
The Pulse of Migration Survey also established that most Venezuelan migrants have had several obstacles to obtaining paid work, which is worse for women.
More than 80% of Venezuelans do not have PEP
Another important fact revealed by this analysis is that 84.6% of Venezuelans residing in Colombia do not have the Special Permit to Stay (PEP), the document that allows their legal stay in the national territory.
According to the statistical entity, of the total number of migrants in the PEP, 15.7% correspond to women and 15% to men. Since 2018, 41.3% of this population has had the permit and since 2019, 24%; 2%.
“The Venezuelan migrants, before obtaining the Temporary Protection Permit, worked as services and sellers of shops and goods, with 39.4%, followed by elementary vendors, with 34.4%, and officers, operators and craftsmen of mechanical arts and other trades, with 14.5%,” established the survey conducted by Dane.
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