Ecuador to tighten borders to prevent Venezuela refugees

Ecuador has imposed restrictions on the border to prevent Venezuelan refugees. To enter Ecuador, Venezuela's citizens will have to show the passport instead of the ID card.

With the economic and political crisis, thousands of Venezuelans are crossing the border daily to Colombia. From there, they only cross the Ecuador border with the identity card. Ecuador has issued an order that Venezuela's citizens must show their passport to stop this route. Many people are moving from there to the family living in Peru and Chile.

In a BBC Online report, Colombia has opposed this move to Venezuela. The country says that this will result in helpless people coming to the border.Eprothomalo

Venezuela, the oil-rich country has been facing high inflation, food and medicine for several years. President Nicolas Maduro, who is in power for a second term, believes the disaster is due to US-led sabotage. However, opposition leaders demanded that the disaster due to the wrong policies of the Socialist Party in power since 1999 Due to economic calamities, people crossing the border are looking for work and food in neighboring countries.

About 10 million immigrants have entered Colombia in the last 15 months. According to official information, about 4,500 people on every day of Venezuela go to Ecuador on the border every day. After several weeks of wartime, they reached the border area after a couple of weeks. Ecuador arrests nearly 300 Venezuelans, because there was no passport on Saturday.

Ecuadorian Foreign Minister said this year about six million people have entered Venezuela from his country. One hundred thousand of them are from Ecuador. The country fears the deterioration of the law and order situation under the pressure of immigrants.

Earlier, in February, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos decided to impose a ban on the border. After the news, thousands of Venezuelan citizens rushed to the border.

After this, Brazil has stopped the border to prevent refugees this month. A judge in Brazil ordered the closure of the border with Venezuela. Held Barreto, the judge said, "As long as our country is not fit enough to handle the burden of excesses, the border with Venezuela will not be launched until then."