Akrapovic Posted June 8, 2019 Posted June 8, 2019 Migrants risk passing over debris or rafts. They go between 5 thousand and 7 thousand in three hours. Although Nicolás Maduro announced on Friday night the reopening of the border by the department of Norte de Santander, a physical blockade persists in the international bridges that connect with the State Táchira. Thousands of Venezuelans massively overturned from 5 in the morning of this Saturday in the 313 meters long Simón Bolívar International Bridge, located between the municipality of Villa del Rosario (Norte de Santander) and the border town of San Antonio, to enter with a glimpse of enthusiasm for Colombia. However, that short emotion faded, when the migrants came across the containers, which were located since last February 23, the day of the border closure, and continue to prevent the pedestrian crossing. Frontier mayors fear massive arrival of Venezuelans The tenebrous wake of the forced disappearance in Norte de Santander Crisis in Venezuela: Nicolás Maduro announced the partial opening of the border with Colombia after almost 4 months of closure Due to this iron structure, migrants are trapped, with children and suitcases, in long lines and they last up to 20 minutes in advancing along the two lanes of the overpass. "The measure is accepted by Venezuelans, but we are still against this corrupt government. It would be a total opening if Maduro removes those containers from a good time, which turns the step into a true odyssey, "said a Venezuelan, who heads to the municipality of Villa del Rosario (Norte de Santander) to stock up on medicines and food. The foreigner stressed that the passage through irregular routes, better known as 'trails', began to complicate due to the high channel of the Táchira River, forcing her and her compatriots to pass on improvised rafts or crosses made of rubble. Meanwhile, a strong security device by the Metropolitan Police of Cúcuta (Mecuc) guards the flow through this binational infrastructure, with the installation of two fences in the vicinity of the National Border Center of Colombia (Cenaf) and the Dian alcabala. The mayors of the metropolitan area of Cúcuta have planned for this Saturday to convene a council of extraordinary security to assess the influx of citizens from the neighboring country. During the border blockade, which lasted for more than three months, the Colombian authorities calculated a daily income of 7,000 people, among Venezuelan children enrolled in Colombian schools, seniors and people with health problems. Between 5,000 and 7,000 people have entered Colombia in the first three hours of opening the border, according to accounts of Migración Colombia.
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