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Added on the 01/05/2020 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Rumichaca, May 9 (EFE).- A group of 88 Venezuelan migrants who had been stranded for almost two weeks on the border between Ecuador and Colombia were evacuated on Saturday from the Rumichaca pass to Quito, where they will take a humanitarian flight back to Venezuela this weekend.These Venezuelans have been transferred within an agreement between the municipality of Tulcan, the closest Ecuadorian town to the pass, and the Venezuelan Consulate in Ecuador, in order to resolve a humanitarian situation after the regional borders were closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic (Camera: XAVIER MONTALVO).SHOTLIST: STRANDED VENEZUELANS BOARDING A BUS TOWARDS QUITO IN RUMICHACA, ECUADOR.
Dozens of Venezuelan migrants are stuck at a makeshift camp on the border city of Cucuta, Colombia, as they wait to cross into their home country. IMAGES
Puente de Rumichaca, Apr 30 (EFE).- Ecuadorian police officers on Thursday night blocked access to the Rumichaca International Bridge on the border with Colombia from a group of Venezuelan migrants, who have demanded to cross to Colombia to return to their country.The border has been closed since March due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Camera:XAVIER MONTALVO).FOOTAGE SHOWS VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS' CONFRONTATION WITH ECUADORIAN POLICE ON THE RUMICHACA INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE ON THE COLOMBIA-ECUADOR BORDER.
Hundreds of Venezuelans cross the Simon Bolivar Border Bridge linking Colombia and Venezuela after President Nicolas Maduro reopened the border between the two countries. IMAGES
Venezuelans gather in the street in Urena, near the border with Colombia, where earlier in the day President Nicolas Maduro's security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets on a crowd awaiting the distribution of humanitarian aid, as tensions spiked ahead of an opposition deadline to bring in food and medical aid. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).