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    9 months ago

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    And farther to the north, neighboring Costa Rica has declared a state of emergency as thousands of migrants in poor health and without money get stranded in its border towns.

    “I’ve treated pregnant women who are bleeding because they lost their babies on the route,” said Ariel Garibaldi, a doctor who runs Bajo Chiquito’s small public clinic.

    But thousands of migrants from South America, Africa and Asia are making the dangerous journey, as they try to escape poverty and violence in their home countries, or seek a better quality of life.

    Delvis Davila, a welder from Venezuela, said he had been living in Chile for four years, but could barely cover food and rent with his salary, while sending about $100 a month to his daughters, who are residing in Colombia.

    Juan Pappier, the Americas deputy director at Human Rights Watch, said that previously, Venezuelans and Ecuadorians who sought asylum in the United States, would take flights to Mexico, from where they would head to the U.S. border on buses.

    The Biden administration has tried to divert migrants away from the Darién jungle by opening three offices in Colombia in June, known as regional processing centers, where asylum-seekers from Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti can apply for permits that will enable them to fly to the U.S.


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