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Added on the 08/06/2019 17:51:27 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
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
Venezuelan migrants living in Colombia protest against the government of President Nicolas Maduro during a march that ended in a prayer for peace and freedom for their country on the Simon Bolivar International Bridge, at the border between the two countries. IMAGES
Colombia President Gustavo Petro attends a ceremony on the Simon Bolivar International Bridge to mark the reopening of the border with Venezuela for goods vehicles. This reopening is the first step towards the complete re-establishment of commercial relationships between the two countries, which were worth around $7.2 billion in 2008. IMAGES
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.
Quito, Apr 30 (EFE).- Between 200 and 400 Venezuelans seeking to return to their country amid the coronavirus pandemic are stranded on the northern border of Ecuador with Colombia, which has led various groups to ask the government for a humanitarian corridor. (Camera: ELIAS L. BENARROCH)FOOTAGE SHOWS VENEZUELANS IN THE PASSAGE OF RUMICHANGA AN WALKING THROUGH TULCÁN CAMINO DE RUMICHACA.