News of the assault prompted Pacaraima locals, who already had been planning a protest the next day, to set fire to a refugee camp and chase away Venezuelans with rocks. The army said at least 1,200 Venezuelans fled Brazil that day back to their homeland Raimundo Nonato de Oliveira and his wife were attacked in their house by four men believed to be Venezuelans. Tensions across South America have flared as the region’s biggest refugee crisis in recent history escalates. The violent backlash in Pacaraima was the first attack of its kind against Venezuelan refugees fleeing their crippled homeland. Moving Out Approximate number of Venezuelan migrants *2017 data Source: International Organization for Migration As anti-immigrant sentiment grows, other Latin American countries have begun tightening border controls. Last Saturday, Ecuador started refusing entry to Venezuelan refugees traveling with just national I.D. cards, rather than passports—a rule that will be adopted […]