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Director of Photography @TexasTribune🌵 Based in Austin, previously in Bogotá and Houston @nppa / @aaja
Aug 25, 2019 • 11 tweets • 6 min read
Thread w/ photos: It's the last day before Ecuador's new visa policy closes its door to most Venezuelans.

Thousands of migrants are rushing to get in, waiting in line for a full day to cross the Ecuadorian border.

Below, a family settles in for the night atop their luggage. A Venezuelan family of 6 rests under blankets atop their luggage while waiting to cross into Ecuador. This place, Rumichaca, is in the Andean highland where temperatures drop to ~40 degrees F at night. Lots of Venezuelans arrive unprepared and sleep huddled in all their clothes and blankets.