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As countries like Greece, Macedonia and other Balkan states limit their borders to the human masses of migrants with more and more refugees stranded in limbo. Mana Rabiee reports.
Migrants wait in Serbia where a passport linked to a suspect in the Paris attacks was used recently. Macedonia meanwhile, is building a fence to slow migrant flow. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
"This trip has been really tough, but, thank God, we are here," says one Cuban migrant, who after months of being stranded in Central America, arrives with a small group of Cuban migrants to the United States. Gavino Garay reports.
Migrants squat at Greece's main port and at an abandoned airport as the country is overwhelmed after border closures. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Miami, May 12 (EFE / EPA).- The Venezuela Awareness Foundation on Tuesday donated food and aid packages to hundreds of Venezuelan immigrants awaiting the approval of their status in Miami who have been left in a precarious situation amid the COVID-19 pandemic.The Venezuela Awareness Foundation and the Presidente supermarket have joined forces to help these immigrants.Patricia Andrade, director of the Foundation, told Efe that these newly arrived families were left in limbo because they did not manage to receive documents that are necessary to receive the federal aid during the pandemic.(Camera: CRISTOBAL HERRERA).SHOTLIST: STAFFS FROM THE VENEZUELA AWARENESS FOUNDATION AND PRESIDENTE SUPERMARKET TRANSPORTING AID PACKAGES TO DONATE THEM TO VENEZUELAN IMMIGRANTS.SOUNDBITES: PATRICIA ANDRADE, DIRECTOR OF THE VENEZUELA AWARENESSS FOUNDATION (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATIONS: The Venezuelans who jusr arrived in the US were shocked by the coronavirus and those who were requesting political asylum are in a precarious state. This food aid is going to give them the relief they sorely need.
Child welfare organization, Save the Children, claims there are unaccompanied minors unaccounted for in and outside the Calais "Jungle" camp, currently being dismantled by French authorities. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Child residents of the Jungle migrant camp in Calais face an uncertain future as French authorities begin dismantling the camp on Monday.
Relentless rain turns despair into suffering for thousands of migrants who refuse to leave, despite the Greek-Macedonia border being closed for nearly a week. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.