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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matias Delacroix

Photos show Venezuelan migrants spending Christmas at home after abandoning hope of reaching the US

APTOPIX Venezuela Migrants Christmas - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

After months on the move through jungles, seas and borders, Venezuelan migrants Mariela Gómez, her partner Abraham Castro and her two children, abandoned their attempt to reach the United States. They returned to spend Christmas back home, part of a growing wave of reverse migration driven by Trump’s crackdown, as U.S. pressure on the government of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro intensifies.

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

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