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August 31, 2018
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The Venezuelan Exodus
A group Venezuelan “caminantes” (“walkers”) carry their belongings after leaving the border city of Cucuta, Colombia on July 29, 2018. Every day, hundreds of Venezuelans begin the journey on foot towards other cities in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, looking for a better life. © 2018 Human Rights Watch
Venezuelan “caminantes” (walkers) stop for a short rest at a Colombian Red Cross station, where they receive water and snacks, on July 29, 2018. Every day, hundreds of Venezuelans begin the journey on foot towards other cities in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, looking for a better life. © 2018 Human Rights Watch
A Venezuelan mother waits to have her daughter vaccinated at the Colombian border because vaccines are not readily available in Venezuela on July 28, 2018. © 2018 Human Rights Watch
Venezuelans wait for breakfast at a soup kitchen administered by the diocese of Cucuta, Colombia, near the Venezuelan border on July 31, 2018. © 2018 Human Rights Watch
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee tents at a shelter for Venezuelans in Boa Vista, Roraima state, Brazil on August 26, 2018. © 2018 Human Rights Watch
Members of Venezuela’s Warao indigenous community prepare to go to sleep at a shelter for Venezuelan immigrants in Boa Vista, Roraima state, Brazil on August 27, 2018. © 2018 Human Rights Watch
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