Colombia laments lack of aid for growing Venezuela migration crisis


  • World
  • Wednesday, 21 Aug 2019

FILE PHOTO: Venezuelans gather to cross into Ecuador from Colombia, most of them trying to reach Peru as one of the most welcoming destinations for migrants in South America, in Tulcan, Ecuador June 15, 2019. REUTERS/Daniel Tapia/File Photo

BOGOTA (Reuters) - International donors have been significantly less generous in their support of Venezuelan migrants than other global refugee crises, Colombia's foreign minister said on Tuesday, as he repeated a request for more aid money.

Colombia has borne the burnt of mass migration from its neighbour, which is mired in a deep political and economic crisis that has caused long-running shortages of food and medicines.

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