Colombia offers protection for undocumented Venezuelan migrants

02:27

Colombiais offering temporary protective statusfor up to onemillion undocumentedVenezuelanmigrants who fled their country because of an economic and political crisis that hasledto food shortages andhyperinflation.

The new permits enable Venezuelan migrants to workinthe country legally and access important life benefits.

CGTN’s MichelleBeguereports from Bogota.

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