“The government has been trying to
contain a problem,” said Ronal Rodriguez, a researcher at the Observatorio de
Venezuela, a research centre in Bogotá. “Venezuelans’ migration will become, no
doubt, a domestic policy issue in the coming elections.” The economic crisis in
Venezuela has turned its ties with Colombia upside down. For many years,
thousands of Colombians, trapped in a civil war between government forces and
leftist rebels, had moved to the oil-rich Venezuela, seeking better
opportunities. This trend has inverted over the past decade, as Venezuela
slipped into an economic and political turmoil and Colombia gradually began
stabilising itself. In 2016, more than 3,78,000 Venezuelans entered Colombia
legally, up 30% from 2014. More…
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