In this personal feature, Laura Cristina Dib, Director for Venezuela, recounts her impressions after returning to Colombia's border with Venezuela for the first time since 2019. Her visit at the end of May to the cities of Villa del Rosario and Cúcuta (Colombia) and San Cristóbal (Venezuela) offers a glimpse into the relations of two countries, whose common border opened in September 2022 for the first time in seven years. Dib found that migrants and refugees were facing the same humanitarian needs as in previous years but discovered that migration patterns seemed to be changing.
By Geraldine Garcia Cucuta, Colombia, Feb 22 (EFE).- The trails that for years were the only means of communication between Colombia and Venezuela are still in existence along the mutual border after the resumption of relations between the two countries, although the movement of people and merchandise along them has been much reduced. The open …