UN urges Venezuela to end abuses against Colombians

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The United Nations has urged Venezuela to prevent human rights abuses of Colombians being deported from the country, including the separation of children from their parents, in a simmering border crisis between the two neighbours.

Venezuela closed several major border crossings and deported nearly 1,500 Colombians last month in what it described as a crackdown on smuggling and crime along the shared border.

Fearing deportation, another 15,255 Colombians have fled their adopted homeland to Colombia in recent weeks, many crossing rivers and bridges with their belongings on their backs, according to Colombian government figures.


Venezuela closes border with Colombia as relationship worsens
"I am disturbed by the recent collective deportation of more than one thousand Colombians from Venezuela," said Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, in his opening statement to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/09/urges-venezuela-abuses-colombians-150914171522723.html

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1. Not gonna happen, a conflict with Colombia is what chavistas are hoping will save them from

defeat at the polls. Otherwise, they will cancel the election.