Venezuelan child refugees fleeing their country are being recruited as child soldiers by rival armed groups in Colombia's northeast, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch
As Venezuelans flee their country in search of safety and economic security, another set of dangers awaits them across the border.
In Colombia's northeast, where many Venezuelans have ended up, rival armed groups control illegal border crossings and wreak havoc on civilians with killings, intimidation, sexual violence and recruit children as soldiers, according to a new report by NGO Human Rights Watch.
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