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Venezuelans stranded on Ecuador-Colombia border bagan their journey home

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Rumichaca, May 9 (EFE).- A group of 88 Venezuelan migrants who had been stranded for almost two weeks on the border between Ecuador and Colombia were evacuated on Saturday from the Rumichaca pass to Quito, where they will take a humanitarian flight back to Venezuela this weekend.These Venezuelans have been transferred within an agreement between the municipality of Tulcan, the closest Ecuadorian town to the pass, and the Venezuelan Consulate in Ecuador, in order to resolve a humanitarian situation after the regional borders were closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic (Camera: XAVIER MONTALVO).SHOTLIST: STRANDED VENEZUELANS BOARDING A BUS TOWARDS QUITO IN RUMICHACA, ECUADOR.

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