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Venezuelans stream home from Colombia due to virus pandemic
https://news.yahoo.com/venezuelans-stream-home-colombia-due-virus-pandemic-040325309.htmlBogota (AFP) - Hundreds of Venezuelans who fled to neighboring Colombia during their country's economic crisis are now returning home, pushed by the deadly novel coronavirus and Colombia's own pandemic woes.
Colombian migration officials said Sunday that 600 people -- including 35 children and 167 women -- crossed the main border point at the Simon Bolivar International Bridge in the northeastern city of Cucuta, into Venezuela one day earlier.
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In recent years Colombia has welcomed 1.8 million Venezuelans fleeing their country's economic and political collapse.
According to the United Nations, 4.9 million Venezuelans have fled their country, mainly to other South American nations, and many need international aid due to the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
