Acculturation Patterns of Venezuela Immigrants in Barranquilla- Colombia.

"Colombia is experiencing today the greatest migration phenomenon in its history, because of the Venezuelan crisis" according to the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (El Tiempo, February 3/2018). Since 2014, approximately one million Venezuelans have entered Colombia and 2,387 have been deported due to the lack of a permit to stay. Venezuelans and Colombians residing in Venezuela have had to leave to seek better life opportunities. The cities with the highest number of Venezuelan immigrants are Bogotá (40%), Medellín (9%), Barranquilla (7%) (Semana, 2018). We present the results of a pilot study on acculturation strategies - Integration, Assimilation, Separation, Marginalization - (Berry, 1989) of 163 immigrants (men and women) from Venezuela in Barranquilla (northern Colombia) aged 19 to 60 years. The predominance of the strategy of Integration due to the cultural proximity of both countries is observed. However, we must continue to explore the use of other adaptation strategies and the appearance of news that shows the increase in stereotypes and prejudices towards immigrants from Venezuela.