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| Colombia: Santos grants 440,000 Venezuela refugees two-year help |
| 2018-08-05 |
| [Al Jazeera] Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has granted 440,000 refugees from neighbouring Venezuela two years of help, while urging leaders in the region to stem the spreading humanitarian crisis. Santos, who leaves office on Tuesday, granted the refugees two-year temporary residency permits, allowing them to study, work and get medical care that many need after arriving with untreated ailments. "The whole world is increasingly terrified of what is happening in Venezuela," Santos said speaking from the presidential palace in the capital, Bogota, on Thursday. Venezuelans struggle to afford scarce food and medicine under soaring inflation - driving masses across borders. Santos condemned Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for the crisis, in a statement that comes amid a tense political situation between Colombia and Venezuela The Colombian president said that more than one million Venezuelans have fled into Colombia in the last 18 months. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Venezzzzuela? They broke it, they should fix it. They're sitting on a ton of natural resources. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-08-05 11:05 |