Angelina Jolie Urges International Support for Venezuelan Children

Angelina Jolie urges international support for Venezuelan children.
Angelina Jolie Urges International Support for Venezuelan Children
Special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Angelina Jolie speaks to people in Riohacha, Colombia on June 7, 2019. UNHCR/Andrew McConnell/Handout via Reuters
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BOGOTA—Hollywood star Angelina Jolie on Saturday, June 8, urged the international community to provide more support to three South American countries with the most migrants from crisis-hit Venezuela, saying 20,000 Venezuelan children are at risk of being without basic citizenship rights.

Jolie spoke in Colombia as a special envoy for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). She is on a two-day trip to meet Venezuelan migrants there and met with Colombian President Ivan Duque in Cartagena.