A Canadian mother’s plea for Venezuelans

I am afraid that we Canadians have already turned a blind eye to a brewing humanitarian disaster in our own backyard.

Venezuelan refugees and migrants cross the Simon Bolivar International Bridge into Colombia on Oct. 16. UNHCR photograph by Santiago Escobar-Jaramillo

Opinion

BY NADIA WILLIAMSON

October 24, 2018

Pa’ lante es pa’ alla. That translates to: “don’t look back, keep going.” It’s a saying embedded in every Venezuelan arriving in Colombia looking for safety. This is what I heard when I met pregnant women, sick children, and the elderly, all with gaunt faces during my recent two...

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