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Venezuelans display hundreds of migrant shoes against xenophobia

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A group of Venezuelan activists display hundreds of shoes belonging to migrants in a square in the Colombian capital, as a way to draw attention to issues that affect Venezuelans and to call for an end to xenophobia.

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