Venezuela migration nears 'Mediterranean crisis point'

BBC ^ | Aug 26, 2018

[hanamizu]

...other countries in the region had welcomed Venezuelans and were helping to “avoid a situation like the one we have seen in Europe”. “What we are seeing is a continent that has opened its doors to people who are fleeing and who need support,”

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Well, to be honest, the Venezuela/Europe situations are a wee bit different, aren’t they. First of all, Venezuelans are fleeing to other South American nations. They share language, culture, religion, and a great deal of history with the nations they are migrating to. A different case with Sub-Saharan Africans going to Europe. And even South American nations are trying to limit the influx.

[CincyRichieRich]

Where are all the beauty pageant contestants? Laz, any ideas? Are they starving, too?

[FLT-bird]

Ain’t Socialism grand.