Esta investigación recoge directamente las percepciones y experiencias que da respuestas a preguntas como ¿Quiénes son?; ¿Emigran de Venezuela, o retornan a ella; ¿Por qué?; ¿Cuáles son sus expectativas de llegada o de retorno?; ¿Quién asume la jefatura de los grupos de caminantes? O, ¿cuáles son los riesgos que enfrentan?. Texto completo-> ObservatorioVenezolanodeMigracion

 Venezuelan authorities’ treatment of approximately 130,000 citizens returning from other countries in many cases is abusive and is likely to amplify transmission of Covid-19, Human Rights Watch and the Johns Hopkins University’s Centers for Public Health and Human Rights and for Humanitarian Health said today. Foreign affairs ministers from Latin American countries scheduled to meet online the week of October 19, 2020, as part of the Quito Process should urgently address the returnees’ situation. Full Text-> Human Rights Watch

Amnesty International reported Monday that authorities in Venezuela, El Salvador and Paraguay have held tens of thousands of people in inadequate state-run quarantine centers. The report deemed the facilities to be a “form of repression.” By Cassie Maas. Full Text-> Jurist

Haggard and hungry, Nelson Torrelles took a midmorning breather at a truck stop after walking for hours with his wife and 5-year-old daughter along a Colombian highway leading back to their home in Venezuela. Three hundred more miles, many to be covered on foot, remained. The Torrelles family are among the five million Venezuelans who have since 2014 fled their country, escaping hunger, crime, unemployment and an authoritarian regime. More than 100,000 of these migrants have opted to return to Venezuela…By John Otis. Full Text-> The Wall Street Journal

As coronavirus continues to rampage through already embattled Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduro has staunchly clamped down on all elements of civic society – going so far as to frame returnees as “bioterrorists” and a steep threat to national security.y By Hollie McKay. Full Text-> FoxNews

On May 2, I left Bogotá because I was left without a job and without money to pay the rent for the room I was living in. I had been living in Colombia for almost two years and I enjoyed it, despite the estrangement from my family and my own apartment in Venezuela. I had learned to put all of that behind me, letting go of those longings as if they were an unnecessary burden. By Luis Guillermo Franquiz. Full Text-> Pulitzer Center

More than 95,000 Venezuelan migrants have returned from Colombia to their home country during the coronavirus pandemic, Colombia’s migration authority said on Thursday, reported dpa news. Over 42,000 others are planning to go back, according to the statement. Full Text-> Havana Times

The Adventist Mobile Unit, which is a joint project between ADRA International, ADRA Colombia, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has a staff consisting of a nurse, a pre-hospital care professional, a nurse’s assistant, and a social worker. The unit sees an average of 30 persons per day from Monday through Friday on the several designated cities and road spots. By: Laura Acosta. Full Text-> AdventistReview

Leaving or entering Venezuela through the border with Colombia is an excruciating experience for most. A select few, however, go through Maicao on a VIP route still fraught with surrealism, corruption, misery and danger By Valentina I. Copello. Full Text-> Caracas Chronicles

A Samaritan’s Purse medical team in Colombia is screening Venezuelans for COVID 19 before they return to their country over the Simon Bolivar Bridge. Team member Paula Melo explains why she believes God has called them to be there at this moment to bless those returning home. By Paula Melo. Full Text- and Video -> Mission Box