Colombia's lockdown has been hardest for Venezuelans who are informal workers there. In April at least 12,000 went home
Janelis Beris left Valencia, her hometown in northern Venezuela, because the monthly pittance she earned as a cleaner was enough to buy only a packet of rice and two of flour. She arrived in Bogotá, Colombia’s capital, where she made more money picking through rubbish left on the street for recyclable plastic, glass or anything else of value she could find. With that she could pay rent and feed her four children.
This will not end Venezuela’s exodus. Despite the border closure, the numbers fleeing into Colombia probably still exceed the numbers going back. The flight may return to its former level when covid-19 ravages Venezuela. But the next wave of migrants will find Colombia less welcoming. The government remains relatively generous, in part because Mr Duque’s conservative Democratic Centre party is a fierce foe of Mr Maduro’s left-wing regime. For some on Colombia’s political left, however, Mr Maduro is a lesser evil than Mr Duque’s right-wing mentor, Álvaro Uribe, a former president. They do not share the right’s sympathy for Mr Maduro’s victims.
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