Americas

Colombia Bears the Brunt of Venezuela’s Migrant Crisis

The United Nations refugee agency has said that over 1.6 million Venezuelans have left their country since 2015.
Google LogoMark Us Preferred on Google
Colombia Bears the Brunt of Venezuela’s Migrant Crisis
Norelia Perozo, 32, and her 1-year-old daughter Arantza, in Medellin, Colombia, on Sept. 29, 2018. Perozo fled Venezuela three months ago with her child to seek a better life in Colombia. Mathew Di Salvo/Special to The Epoch Times
|Updated:

MEDELLIN, Colombia—Norelia Perozo never expected to be on the streets selling lollipops so she could feed her 1-year-old baby.

But the 50,000 Colombian pesos ($17) she can make on a good day goes a lot further than the minimum wage in her home country of Venezuela.

Google LogoMark Us Preferred on Google
Mathew Di Salvo
Mathew Di Salvo
Author
Related Topics