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Venezuelan Migrants Flood into Ecuador Ahead of New Visa Restrictions

Reuters

   BOGOTA - More than 85,000 Venezuelan migrants crossed into Ecuador from
   Colombia in the last month, ahead of new visa restrictions from Quito
   that took effect Monday, the Colombian government said.

   The number of migrants entering Ecuador at the Rumichaca border
   crossing reached 11,000 over the weekend, an uptick of 30% compared to
   normal traffic, according to figures from Colombia's migration agency.

   Colombia is home to some 1.4 million Venezuelans who have fled a deep
   political and economic crisis that has caused long-running shortages of
   food and medicine. Hundreds of thousands of others have passed through
   the country on their way to Ecuador, Peru, Chile and other
   destinations.

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