More than half a million Venezuelans fled to Ecuador this year

Ecuador declared a state of emergency after 30,000 migrants escaping violence and a collapsing economy came the first week of August More than half a million Venezuelans have crossed into Ecuador this year as part of one of the largest mass migrations in Latin American history, the United Nations said on Friday. About 547,000 citizens of the crisis-stricken South American country have entered Ecuador since January – mostly through its northern border with Colombia – to escape rampant crime and political violence, a collapsing economy and severe shortages of food and medicines. Continue reading... source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/10/more-than-half-a-million-venezuelans-fled-to-ecuador-this-year-un-says #Headlines by: Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent

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