Peru Declares Border Emergency After Venezuelan Migration Surge
- Government says health and sanitation at risk in border area
- Minister says countries seeking support from United Nations
Venezuelan migrants cross the border between Ecuador and Peru in Tumbes, Peru, on August 25, 2018.
Photographer: Luis Robayo/AFP via Getty Images
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Peru declared a state of emergency at parts of its border with Ecuador after a surge in Venezuelan migrants seeking to enter the country before new immigration rules took effect.
The measure aims to accelerate the Peru’s response to the “imminent danger” to health and sanitation in the area due to increased immigration, according to a statement Tuesday in the government newspaper El Peruano.