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More than half a million Venezuelans have fled to Colombia
« on: January 20, 2018, 02:06:49 pm »
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More than half a million Venezuelans have fled to Colombia

More than half a million Venezuelans have taken refuge in Colombia to escape the crippling economic crisis in their country, Bogota's migration authority said Friday.

It said the number of Venezuelans entering the country -- 550,000 -- had increased by 62 percent in the last year.

Venezuela's crisis "has not only forced thousands of nationals to return to Colombia, but also caused Venezuelans to see our country ... as a means to transit to other destinations, to settle or to purchase essential products," said Migration Colombia director Christian Kruger.

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