The country's coordinated response is setting a template for others, but it's not out of the woods yet.
Under the Betancourt Doctrine, Venezuela became a refuge for Latin Americans fleeing dictatorship.
New flows of people are opening up new remittance corridors.
The fear of the coronavirus cannot cloud our moral and political duties to migrants.
Measles, tuberculosis and other diseases have made a comeback and are threatening migrants.
With very little aid or experience in hosting migrants, the region is thinking outside the box.
The pandemic only increases the need to welcome migrants with compassion. It will be hard.