Colombia’s Plan to Welcome Millions of Venezuelan Migrants

Re:Colombia’s Plan to Welcome Millions of Venezuelan Migrants by mxuribe on Thursday January 31, 2019 @12:51PM (#19046881)

This is absolutely AWESOME! Kudos to Colombia; and any other country that opens their borders like this!

One of the coolest things that could happen long-term, is that these Venezuelan migrants start businesses, stay in Colombia, and contribute positively to the overall economy of Colombia...ultimately making their lives better, the lives of Colombians better, and showing the xenophobic parts of the world, that, yes, immigrants into one's country is a good thing!

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Re:Colombia’s Plan to Welcome Millions of Venezuelan Migrants by x3tm on Thursday January 31, 2019 @12:58PM (#19046978)

Agreed, though " [...] showing the xenophobic parts of the world, that, yes, immigrants into one's country is a good thing!"

We actually don't need a colombian experiment to know this. It's all over the history books.

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Re:Colombia’s Plan to Welcome Millions of Venezuelan Migrants by oh_sigh on Thursday January 31, 2019 @03:43PM (#19048628)

"if the best possible outcome happens, it will show all those xenophobes they were wrong".

Likewise, will you revise your viewpoints if the end result is less positive?

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Re:Colombia’s Plan to Welcome Millions of Venezuelan Migrants by agumonkey on Thursday January 31, 2019 @10:31PM (#19051339)

I wonder how easier it gets with populations of common roots. How different the languages and cultures ? the closer the easier.

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