Thursday, October 25, 2018

Desperate Venezuelan migrants face homelessness as Colombia's camp closes


For the past two months, Joanna Teran, a penniless Venezuelan migrant, and her five children have survived in a makeshift tent on a patch of grass behind Bogota’s main bus terminal. But within days, they will have to leave what has become their home as city authorities aim to shut down Colombia’s first and largest migrant camp by the end of this month. The ramshackle cluster of tents and tarps strung between tree trunks is home to about 200 Venezuelans, some of the millions who have fled the severe economic and political crisis in their homeland. More…

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