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2019-02-06 Caribbean-Latin America

As more Venezuelans flee, the crisis pushes deeper into Colombia

[Aljazeera] Pamplona, Colombia - Up to 50 Venezuelans sleep in what used to be 55-year-old Marta Duke's dining room every night. Forty sleep in her former living room; more in what was once her son's bedroom.

Scores more sleep at the neighbour's house, and 200 more sleep outside in this chilly mountain town 75km from the Venezuelan border.

"In the new year, the quantity has exploded," said Duke, rubbing her tired eyes in the kitchen of her house-turned-migrant shelter. "I'm worried."

Aid workers and volunteers throughout the border zone agree that the number of Venezuelans hiking into Colombia has surged in recent weeks.

As the new arrivals continue to mount, the humanitarian crisis zone once confined to the Venezuelan border is pushing deeper into Colombia.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-02-06 05:53|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 'No Wall!!!'

Posted by Glenmore 2019-02-06 10:05|| 2019-02-06 10:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Hand 'em AKs & ammo and point 'em back where they came from.

Posted by Glenmore 2019-02-06 10:06|| 2019-02-06 10:06|| Front Page Top

#3 And they'll do for Colombia what they've done for Venerealzuela.

Posted by charger 2019-02-06 16:14|| 2019-02-06 16:14|| Front Page Top

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