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At least 10,000 migrants, mostly Venezuelans, are stranded in Necoclí, a port town on the Colombian coast near Panama. According to the local ombudsman, the migrants are held up waiting for boats to take them to the border with the Central American country, in the hope of eventually reaching the United States. IMAGES
Ciudad Juárez (Mexico), Oct 6 (EFE) (Camera: Raúl Morales) .- Faced with the pressing need of thousands of people in the north of the country, a group of activists has launched the "Free Shop", a project in Mexico's Ciudad Juárez to support migrants, displaced and disadvantaged by donating and reusing clothing.FOOTAGE OF THE FREE SHOP IN CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO
Kabul, Aug 28 (EFE/EPA).- Internally displaced Afghan families fleeing the violence set up Saturday a temporary shelter at a park in the Afghan capital.The Taliban asked Afghan citizens Saturday to return, within a week, all the guns, ammunition, vehicles, and other government properties in their possession. (Camera: STRINGER).B-ROLL OF THE TEMPORARY SHELTER OF DISPLACED AFGHAN FAMILIES IN A PARK IN KABUL, AFGHANISTAN.
Istanbul / Van (Turkey), Aug 26 (EFE / EPA) .- An extremely guarded and largely walled border, repatriations and, apparently, even hot returns. This is what awaits the majority of Afghan refugees trying to reach Turkey from Iran.Unlike what happened in 2011, when the war broke out in Syria and the millions of people who fled there found the border with Turkey open, now the Eurasian country is shielding itself at full speed.FOOTAGE OF THE BORDER BETWEEN IRAN AND TURKEY, A DEPORTATION CENTER AND AN OPERATION CARRIED OUT BY THE TURKISH SECURITY FORCESSOUNDBITES FROM A MIGRANT TRAFFICKER AT THE IRAN-TURKEY BORDER (THE FACE AND VOICE OF THE INTERVIEWEE HAVE BEEN CHANGED) 1. "We give money to Iranian soldiers to make things easier at the border. That work is easy, but in Turkey things are more difficult. We cannot solve it with money. When we solve the problem in one part, our work is done, half as easy. Sometimes we direct migrants to other routes."2. "It varies, (immigrants) pay between $ 350 and $ 600 (from Iran to Turkey)."3. "They pay between $ 1,000 and $ 1,100 from Afghanistan to Turkey. At least that."4. "(In Europe) We take them mostly to Italy. They pay $ 8,000 to go to Italy."5. "We prefer Italy because it is easier. Sometimes they want to go to Greece. If only one person travels, we charge 2,000 dollars. The road is very dangerous, we drive from Edirne to Bulgaria. It is very dangerous and risky. Families are not accepted, we take families to Italy. We cannot guarantee it because it is very dangerous. "
Tapachula (Mexico), Jul 15 (EFE) (camera: Juan Manuel Blanco) .- More than 2,000 migrants, many of them Haitians, remain stranded in Tapachula, in southeastern Mexico.
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