August 8, 2024

Venezuelan migrants block Bogota road, demand to travel home

Frontera Viva retrieved

Some 500 migrants and a dozen buses were stranded near the toll booths that mark the northern border of Bogota, the Colombian capital, as migration authorities limited transport amid passage restrictions at the border. There has been a mass movement of thousands of Venezuelans back to their economically devastated country since Colombia imposed a nationwide lockdown last month. By Oliver Griffin. Full Text ->Reuters

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