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Added on the 03/05/2020 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Bogotá, Jul 2 (EFE).- At least 500 Venezuelan citizens began their journey back to their country on Thursady in buses provided by the Mayor's office after being stuck for over five weeks due to the coronavirus lockdown in Bogota, where they had to live in tents at improvised camp near a highway in the north of the capital. (Camera: MAURICIO DUENAS).FOOTAGE SHOWS THE CAMP WHERE THE VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS LIVED IN BOGOTA; AND VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS GETTING READY BEFORE BOARDING A BUS THAT WILL TAKE THEM TO THE BORDER IN CUCUTA OR ARAUCA IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.
Madrid (Spain), Santa Cruz (Bolivia), May 7 (EFE), (Camera: Manuel Única, Juan Pablo Roca).- Almost 300 Spaniards on Thursday arrived in Madrid from Bolia, where they had to spend lockdown. Four people died in an accident when they were on their way to take this flight from Bolivia to Madrid.FOOTAGE OF THE PASSENGERS ARRIVING AT MADRID BARAJAS AIRPORT. SOUNDBITES OF AGUSTÍN UÑA, DIPLOMAT IN SANTA CRUZ (BOLIVIA):"In the first stage of the rescue operation, we took care of tourists and vulnerable people. The first stage was almost totally completed with the flights from France and Germany. We were able to return 117 people to Spain and in the second stage, which ends with this flight, we have rescues the tourists who were in different parts of Bolivia. We have also continued working for the returning of healthcare personnel and people with permanent residency in Spain as well as vulnerable people (patients with cancer or those who have an urgent medical appointment). We gave priority to them."
Cucuta, Apr 29 (EFE).- Thousands of Venezuelans' desire to return home following the coronavirus pandemic, which left them without job opportunities in Colombia, has become an odyssey of their entire families who have faced all kinds of obstacles in trying to reach the border. (Camera: STRINGER).SHOTLIST: A GROUP OF VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS WAITING IN A LONG QUEUE TO CROSS THE BORDER BACK TO VENEZUELA IN LA PARADA, OUTSKIRTS OF CUCUTA, THE CAPITAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NORTH SANTANDER, COLOMBIASOUNDBITE: JORGE MEDINA, A VENEZUELAN MIGRANT (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATIONS: As you can see me as well as all these Venezuelan waiting a long queue, please do something for us and let us return to our country. We want to return to our country. We don’t want to stay here in Colombia anymore. So, please do something for us.
Puente de Rumichaca, Apr 30 (EFE).- Ecuadorian police officers on Thursday night blocked access to the Rumichaca International Bridge on the border with Colombia from a group of Venezuelan migrants, who have demanded to cross to Colombia to return to their country.The border has been closed since March due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Camera:XAVIER MONTALVO).FOOTAGE SHOWS VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS' CONFRONTATION WITH ECUADORIAN POLICE ON THE RUMICHACA INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE ON THE COLOMBIA-ECUADOR BORDER.
Rugby players from Stade Toulousain, who won the 22nd French championship in the club's history by beating La Rochelle in the Top 14 final at the Stade de France, arrive by bus at the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, where they are cheered on by the fans. IMAGES