and a lot of people in venuzuela?ft. the concern when these measures were announced was one of the big problems was they were going to increase the minimum wage. pi about 3,500%. people had been left worried about that. there may be an overhaul of the currency, but when it comes to paying salary, how they will get the extra money. will people have a job in the next few weeks. a lot of people will have to lay staff off. there is a lot of uncertainty as the new measures come into play. and we have seen huge numbers of people trying to get out of venuzuela and increasingly neighbouring countries don't want them. they don't want this huge influx of people and a lot of tension on the borders? that's right. at the weekend we saw here in brazil on the board border, there we re brazil on the board border, there were clashes with venezualans and neighbours and a lot of migrants s went back into the country. the court has denied a request to close the border. for humanitarian grounds, brazil keeps the frontier open. there are c

these young families had fled venuzuela.they had little option but to sleep here, just metres away from the border. option but to sleep here, just many told me about the tensions in town between locals and venezualans. the tensions in town "the situation in venuzuela is critical," said nicole, "every month food prices go up." is critical," said nicole, she came to brazil for a better future for her daughter. for a better future but she worried that with more and more venezuala ns coming, things were going to get worse. president nicholas maduro is doing this to stop his country's economic freefall. this to stop his country's last week, he announced plans to devalue the country's currency — an attempt to reign in inflation that the international monetary fund said could hit one million per cent by the end of the year. but venezualans are worried this latest announcement willjust make the crisis worse. this latest announcement this weekend, ecuador said its borders would be shut to venezualans without a passport. said its bord

these young families had fled venuzuela.n but to sleep here, just metres away from the border. many told me about the tensions in town between locals and venezualans. "the situation in venezuela is critical," said nicole, "every month food prices go up." she came to brazilfor a better future for her daughter. but she worried that with more and more venezualans coming, things were going to get worse. president nicholas maduro is doing this to stop his country's economic freefall. last week, he announced plans to devalue the country's currency — an attempt to rein in inflation that the international monetary fund said could hit1 million percent by the end of the year. but venezualans are worried this latest announcement will just make the crisis worse. this weekend, ecuador said its borders would be shut to venezualans without a passport. peru announced similar measures. for those trying to get out, it is a worrying development. translation: we really want to contribute, we have to work, because of our kids. if we don't, our k

"the situation in venuzuela is critical," said nicole, "every month food prices go up."uture for her daughter. but she worried that with more and more venezualans coming, things were going to get worse. president nicolas maduro is doing this to stop his country's economic freefall. last week, he announced plans to devalue the country's currency — an attempt to rein in inflation that the international monetary fund said could hit one million percent by the end of the year. but venezualans are worried this latest announcement will just make the crisis worse. this weekend, ecuador said its borders would be shut to venezualans without a passport. peru announced similar measures. for those trying to get out, it is a worrying development. translation: we really want to contribute, we have to work, because of our kids. if we don't, our kids will die. our kids will literally starve to death. this is one of worst mass migration crises in the history of latin america and one that is expected to worse as venezuela's economy continues to decline. katie watson, bbc news, in brazil. t