'Get me back to Caracas': desperate Venezuelans leave lockdown Bogotá

Their ambitions for a new life in Colombia shattered, migrants are lining up for the bus journey back to an uncertain future

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Rosa Vera, a 40-year-old from a small town in crisis-ridden Venezuela, thought moving to Colombia would give her the chance to find work. Five months ago, she left her family and began the arduous journey to Bogota, the Colombian capital, to look for a job.

Instead, as coronavirus shut down economic life in the city, Vera and more than 400 Venezuelans had no choice but to camp out for a month, waiting for help to get them home.