Venezuela's downward economic spiral has led to widespread
food shortages, hyperinflation and now mass migration. Many Venezuelans are
opting for the easiest escape route — by crossing the land border into
Colombia. There were more than half a million Venezuelans in Colombia as of
December, according to the Colombian immigration department, and many came over
in the last two years. Their exodus rivals the number of Syrians in Germany or
Rohingya in Bangladesh. Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group, a
political risk consulting firm, calls it the world's
"least-talked-about" immigration crisis. More…
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