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Venezuelan migrants throng Ecuador-Colombia border high up in Andes
Haber Merkezi 10:39 August 10, 2018 Reuters, Yeni Şafak
Thousands of Venezuelans overwhelmed the Ecuadorean-Colombian border high in the Andean mountains on Thursday, as fears of border closings led to a sudden surge in migrants from the ravaged OPEC-member country. Impoverished Venezuelans are fleeing food shortages, hyperinflation, and violent crime in their homeland, often taking days-long bus rides across South America because they cannot afford flights.