As desperation grows, Venezuelans look to a dangerous Caribbean escape route

Only 24 kilometres away, Trinidad and Tobago has become an important destination country for some of the millions of Venezuelans who have been eager to escape the country’s economic meltdown and humanitarian crisis. But in order to get there, they have to cross the Bocas del Dragón (Mouths of the Dragon) – a dangerous waterway known for human smuggling, narco-trafficking, shipwrecks, and even piracy – before hoping to slip past immigration officials upon landing in Trinidad. By Nayrobis Rodríguez and Joshua Collins. Full Text -> TheNewHumanitarian

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