this week old story of. spain fear of a new cold 1000 walked out trying family life after 5 years in jail. but 1st we begin to colombia tens of thousands of people want to return to their homeland the flight from the economic crisis to colombia but many have discovered that life there is not any easier. hundreds of thousands of venezuelans are leaving colombia and returning home here they live in makeshift camps on a street in book. they have 185 kilometers to go adrien francisco yet has built his shelter out of plastic sheets he used to work in a mine north of bogota but lost his job after injuring his leg in an accident then

the coronavirus pandemic made it impossible for him to find a new job. i have to stop working so i couldn't pay the rent anymore and had to leave the house where i was living i had to come here i had nowhere else to go. back in venezuela adrien had a small vegetable shop it went bankrupt because of the economic crisis now he has no prospects in either country but he still believes he can make a fresh start without the government but i want to go back home to my family. i hope that a doctor will treat me there and that i'll finally find a real job again. but i won't but at. 1.8000000 venezuelans moved to colombia because of the economic crisis 80000 of them have returned to venezuela since the pandemic began the border crossing that can quota was once a place of hope for many now there are crowds of disillusioned reach ernie's due to

the pandemic the venezuelan government of nicolas maduro allows just a few 100 citizens to enter the country each week the corona virus spreads easily in these improvised camps so the colombian government is advising against returning to venezuela. in these difficult times they should try to stay in colombia until the pandemic situation improves until we learned. after weeks of waiting in the border camps many venezuelans have given up all hope of returning home they're turning back and want to stay in colombia but they don't have the prospect of a better life in either country after weeks of waiting at the border jawan and one years has had enough so she decided to return to bogota. maybe what he needed on tapes and not anything i tell the other immigrants don't go to what it takes 30 days or longer you have to get your own food and your children will be alone and

unprotected maid at the minute there are they have thought all. adrienne francis can get this has made it to the border he was able to travel the last leg of the route by bus he might cross the border today his time in colombia has left him disillusioned. spain was hit especially hard by the corona virus. and people there were hoping for a more relaxed summer. but the infection rate has been rising. with the fear of a new lockdown north of the country. it's not much of a lockdown barcelona's regional government recommends that people only leave their homes if it's urgent but few people are paying heed. is having a drink and urgent enough reason to go out. alex of a hit works at one of partial on as many beach bars he sympathizes with the young people of the city who are tired of staying home after weeks of lockdown.

you are losing like your life the friends the community it's very important for every young people and old people because here in europe and the specially in barcelona life is very open it's very active and the people don't used to get stay in our house just across the road from the beach is one of barcelona's biggest hospitals dozens of coronavirus patients have been admitted the past few days dr one of flores is worried when she looks at the crowded beach just a few metres away medical authorities have plans in place should the situation worse. the scenario goes from just not changing the regular day of the hospital and to the worst case scenario which would be when we have to stop all the activity that is not urgent in order to for all the professionals to assist patients which is what happened at the end of march another area of concern is

staffing public health facilities around 1000 extra staff are needed in the region to accurately track chains of infection right now fernand these and his 20 colleagues are responsible for more than a 1000000 residents. despite repeated promises from the cuttle on regional government that more people will be hired to work in public health not much has happened yet experts agree that tracing contacts is crucial for slowing the spread of the virus especially with young people who may have no symptoms. barkeeper alex and others in the industry have one major worry that infection rates will rise so much that the region will have to be placed under total lockdown again that could mean not just the end of this year's summer season but the closure of their business for good. chinese human rights activist

launching a shark was a prison for 5 years. since his release he's been trying to return to a normal life with his family. but it is not an easy. a family reunited one turned john the prominent human rights lawyer was released from prison and he's one of more than 200 lawyers were detained in 2015 when china's government started an unprecedented crackdown on lawyers. are one of the yelling that you feel when you lose something important and then you get it back i cannot find the right words for this feeling it feels like something exceptionally precious but there is also the fear that i might lose him again. hypothesis special . one too and john spent almost 5 years behind bars many things are new to him

this out that recognizes the names of plants. before a whole where you could now i've been released i feel drawn to nature i often go out to enjoy it that's how i started paying attention to plants i want to know their names. during these years because i'm whose name also took a toll on his wife. and it was our devon hope these people came to my house and blocked the entrance. presidential would you be when i tried to open the door a man told me if you come out i will kill you. china's government was taking their revenge on the compelling on his behalf. his son to enter and also witnessed the only see yes. you are 7 going to take my sword and fight against them. this is what i really want to do put out a message. john was taken without warning after that his wife did not hear

anything about him until his trial was announced more than 3 years later and sitting down and i am very tense very nervous i could not sleep. on december 26th of 20181 trend john was charged with state subversion of the serious offense and chandra levy was hoping to get a glimpse of him in court but again state security had gathered in front of homes right. now and the family is trying to put these experiences behind them will take time for them to get back to a new movie life. gone for those who are the after my release my son and i were very affectionate with each other at least on the surface but the estrangement is quite obvious. when i tell him something he opposes me he rebels this gives me a headache i feel embarrassed. i wanted to become closer to each other.

right now one tonight has a lot of time to spend with this family of origin is going to be involved as lawyers licensed to use for it you plan to appeal and to sue the government what's wrong with. many couples living in different countries have long distance relationships the pandemic has made their situation even more difficult especially if they're not married among them as hard up from brussels whose relationship is now under a lot of strain. hannah and dry and have not seen each other in person since january because of the covered $900.00 travel ban they say talking to each other even several times a day doesn't make up for it i just finished her i am. getting.

but i have. to meet up with her mind. her and i just obviously. this is hannah and ryan in london where they met in 2017 during the university exchange they'd been visiting each other every 2 months since then but the pandemic changed everything it's been very frustrating and very hard for us to see like all these people go on vacation or just you know hang out at these bars like all of their friends and like we would also like to do these things but like most of all we just want to see each other hanna is not the only partner forced to make dinner for one called $900.00 travel bans often only allow married couples through your night across borders many international couples are now pressuring governments to change this they argue that love is not tourism basically a marriage is a piece of paper that proves a yes these 2 people love each other. only because we don't have that

we are basically treated less than american you can lay low circuitry in every bank because i just made you feel like betrayed. so sorry i'm going to. survive. i'm scared i will never be seen we'll never be seen as far away as a couple now you found a marriage. at all but it's very scary. and dry and don't want to get married yet for now hannah has to make do with texting ryan sitting in their favorite cafe in brussels a little hopeless and a little powerless you know i feel. like at this point hey we've done everything we can deal to try and make reunites. and it just.

it's difficult like if the fickle not to know when we're going to be able to see each other again. hannah to move to the us once the crisis is over so both can move beyond it it's a relationship all right i'll talk to you later. when i have you there. we know that this is a scary time for the coronavirus is changing the world changing our lives so please take care of yourself keep your distance wash your hands if you can stay at how we do w. are here for you we are working tirelessly to keep you informed on all of our

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