Hossen Sohel: Brazil re-opened its northern border with Venezuela to those fleeing economic and political turmoil there, after briefly closing it.
The Supreme Court overturned an earlier order to shut the frontier until Brazil could put in place the right conditions to receive the huge influx of people, reports BBC.
Authorities in the state of Roraima in Brazil’s Amazon region say some 500 Venezuelans cross the border every day.
The border was re-opened to Venezuelan migrants after a few hours on Monday.
“It is not justified to take the easy path to ‘close the doors’ because of difficulties in hosting refugees,” Supreme Court justice Rosa Weber said in her ruling issued shortly before midnight.
The temporary order by a lower court judge stated that the border would remain open to Brazilians and other non-Venezuelans.
It was also to be open for Venezuelans returning north out of Brazil. Sea and air borders were unaffected by the ruling.
Many thousands of Venezuelans have fled into neighbouring countries, mainly Colombia and Brazil, in search of better economic conditions over the past three years.
An apparent assassination attempt on Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro at the weekend has raised tensions in the country even further.