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Added on the 27/04/2020 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Bogota, Jul 3 (EFE).- The Colombian Red Cross and the Ministry of Health of Bogota carried out screenings on Friday to detect cases of COVID-19 with at least 400 Venezuelans enrolling to return to their country due to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic.The group of Venezuelans occupied a camp set up next to an important highway in the north of Bogota.(Camera: JUAN DIEGO LOPEZ) FOOTAGE SHOWS VENEZUELANS GETTING TESTED FOR COVID-19 IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.
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.
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.
Quito, Apr 30 (EFE).- Between 200 and 400 Venezuelans seeking to return to their country amid the coronavirus pandemic are stranded on the northern border of Ecuador with Colombia, which has led various groups to ask the government for a humanitarian corridor. (Camera: ELIAS L. BENARROCH)FOOTAGE SHOWS VENEZUELANS IN THE PASSAGE OF RUMICHANGA AN WALKING THROUGH TULCÁN CAMINO DE RUMICHACA.
Cali (Colombia), Apr 14 (EFE) .- About 200 Venezuelans, including 17 children, who had emigrated from their country in search of a better future, began their return on Tuesday from the Colombian city of Cali (southwest), fearful of the coronavirus pandemic that left them without job opportunities in Colombia.(Camera: ERNESTO GUZMAN JR)FOOTAGE SHOWS VENEZUELANS GETTING READY TO LEAVE CALI (COLOMBIA) TO GO BACK TO THEIR OWN COUNTRIES.