{"id":1799,"date":"2018-09-11T17:15:13","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T17:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/?p=1799"},"modified":"2018-09-11T17:15:54","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T17:15:54","slug":"venezuela-migrants-flee-back-across-border-with-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/2018\/09\/11\/venezuela-migrants-flee-back-across-border-with-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela Migrants Flee Back Across Border with Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hundreds of Venezuelan migrants have crossed back over the border with Brazil in the last few days after a violent incident in Boa Vista, the capital of Roraima state.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most said they were leaving because they feared for their lives after a young man was lynched, accused of killing a local man during a robbery.<\/p>\n

They were picked up by buses sent by the Venezuelan government.<\/p>\n

Brazil has accepted over 30,000 Venezuelans fleeing economic chaos.<\/p>\n

Many of the migrants had been living on the streets of Boa Vista with no sanitation or water in improvised plastic and wooden shelters.<\/p>\n

Many locals say they resent their presence, complaining of the smell and the mess left in public spaces.<\/p>\n

Police were investigating the stabbing of a local man who had allegedly got into a fight with a Venezuelan after a robbery at a supermarket.<\/p>\n

The Venezuelan man was attacked and beaten to death by a group of Brazilian men.<\/p>\n

Tensions have been rising on the Brazilian-Venezuelan border where hundreds of people cross daily into Brazil fleeing Venezuela’s severe economic crisis.<\/p>\n

Most of the migrants continue further south heading towards other countries in South America.<\/p>\n

But around 30,000 have stayed in the border region in the state of Roraima.<\/p>\n

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Earlier this month, 1,200 migrants fled back across the border from the Brazilian town of Pacaraima after locals attacked a street encampment, burning possessions and tents.<\/p>\n

The local authorities in Brazil have complained they do not have the resources to deal with the migrants and are receiving no support from the central government.<\/p>\n

In response, two weeks ago Brazilian President Michel Temer ordered the military to the border area to provide security.<\/p>\n

In Peru, a group of 90 Venezuelans decided to return home on planes sent by their government as part of a plan to repatriate Venezuelan nationals named “Return to the Country”.<\/p>\n

The Venezuelans had gathered at the embassy in the capital, Lima, and from there were taken to the airport.<\/p>\n

The Spanish news agency Efe said some had thanked Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro “for hearing their prayers” after having gone through a difficult situation in Peru.<\/p>\n

Peru has accepted 430,000 migrants the second largest group in the Americas after Colombia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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