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Tijuana (Mexico), Jan 22 (EFE) (CAMERA: Israel Martínez).- A break in the construction of the wall on the border between the United States and Mexico, announced by the new US president, Joe Biden, is a sign of hope for hundreds of migrants, mostly Central Americans, stranded in the Mexican city of Tijuana.
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
Matamoros (Mexico) (EFE), (Camera: Marco Antonio Rodríguez).- After months stranded in the border city of Matamoros waiting to receive asylum by the United States, hundreds of migrants hope of a radical change with Joe Biden's arrival at the White House.Thousands of kilometres away, a migrant caravan was prevented from crossing the Guatemala-Honduras border.FOOTAGE OF MIGRANTS STRANDED IN MATAMOROS, MEXICO.SOUNDBITES OF:-MARÍA GUADALUPE, GUATEMALAN MIGRANT:"Here everybody is happy. Cubans watch the news and they jump with excitement, they shout... They say 'We will cross. We just have to be patient and wait a few more months. "-ROBERTO HERNÁNDEZ, SALVADORAN MIGRANT:"We are happy that a president like that arrives (at the White House). A president who is reasonable and knows about humanity."-JUAN ANTONIO SIERRA VARGAS, COORDINATOR AT MIGRANT HOUSE:"There is no support from any level of government. We are facing critical conditions."
More than 40 migrants fleeing Sri Lanka are stranded on the Indonesian coast. Rough cut - subtitled (no reporter narration).
Indonesia says Australia would be stooping to a "new low" if reports that it paid people-smugglers thousands of dollars to turn back their boat are true. Yiming Woo reports.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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