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Watch: Thousands of Venezuelans cross the Colombian border to escape poverty

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The Immigration Office in the Colombian capital, Bogotá, confirmed that thousands of Venezuelans had broken through the barriers along the border with Colombia, and the office warned Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro that he would be responsible for any problems that might arise. Last February, Maduro closed the bridges linking the two countries in an attempt to prevent US-backed efforts to distribute hundreds of tons of food aid in the country, which is facing a severe economic crisis. As trucks and tankers piled up on the bridges, the Venezuelans were forced to wade into the Tachira River to reach the city of Cucuta on the northern border of Colombia in search of food, medicine and work. But the heavy rains that fell in the past few days prevented this. For more: Migration from Venezuela to Colombia: a crisis no one wants to see Venezuela: The stifling economic crisis drives people to eat spoiled meat Millions of Venezuelans have fled to Colombia to escape widespread food and medicine shortages in their country and to seek local job opportunities and passage to other countries in South America. Venezuela has been facing a deep political crisis since January, as the head of the opposition-controlled parliament, Juan Guaido, invoked the constitution to declare himself interim president, claiming that Maduro's re-election in 2018 was illegal. Colombia's government says providing basic services to Venezuelan migrants and expanding health care, education and public facilities costs it 0.5 percentage points of annual gross domestic product. Colombia's GDP in 2018 amounted to about $312 billion.

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