The solidarity of the countries of the region, which for years have been welcoming these migrants and refugees, has been recognized and supported by donor countries, which have committed 2,544,468,167.00 euros ($ 2,793,062,707.00) to complement and sustain the effort being made by host communities.
The Government of Spain and the European Union as organizers, together with the United Nations Agency for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the governments of Canada and Norway as co-organizers, consider that the objective has been achieved. of this conference, which was to sensitize the International Community to this unprecedented crisis, mobilize resources to help the displaced population, address the deteriorating situation created by COVID-19 in the areas of concentration of the refugee and migrant population, and enable greater and better coordinated engagement of key actors.
The serious attention deficit suffered by this displacement crisis, to which the difficulties caused by the spread of COVID-19 are now added, will be alleviated by these contributions from the International Community. The EU and Spain urge countries, United Nations agencies, International Financial Institutions, and national and international civil society to maintain interest in a situation that will continue to demand our commitment in the future.
In this sense, the organizers celebrate and appreciate the announcement made by the representative of the Canadian government to host the organization of the next follow-up meeting of this conference.
The actors who have participated in the meeting have made visible to the world the worst crisis of displacement that Latin America and the Caribbean has suffered in its recent history. Spain and the European Union are grateful for the effort that each of the donors has responsibly undertaken and urge them to continue supporting the efforts of the receiving countries, so that refugees and migrants can establish themselves, in a concerted and peaceful manner, in host societies, while this situation lasts.
