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Venezuelan Migrant Explains Fleeing Crisis

"We had to be in lines every day, and there was less and less food until there was nothing," said Venezuelan Ana Carina Palacio, who entered legally into Colombia in 2018 with her young son.
Ana Carina Palacio is one of millions of Venezuelans who have fled the country due to the socioeconomic and political crisis. Palacio entered legally into Colombia to seek a better life for her son and daughter, who is pictured.
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As the crisis in Venezuela deepens, millions of people have made desperate journeys to escape hyperinflation, hunger, crime, diseases and death.

In 2018, Ana Carina Palacio was one of them. After her husband was killed in an accident, she set off, while pregnant, along with her young son. She sought help in Colombia from the International Organization for Migration, which is associated with the United Nations, to obtain a transit card and enter legally into Colombia. She is

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