Countries tighten borders with Venezuela

Updated February 9 2018 - 11:43am, first published 11:41am
Colombia is tightening border controls as Venezuelans flee their crisis-hit country (File).
Colombia is tightening border controls as Venezuelans flee their crisis-hit country (File).

Colombia and Brazil have tightened border controls with Venezuela as both nations grapple with a mounting influx of hundreds of thousands of desperate migrants fleeing a worsening economic crisis.