At the Brazilian border, several camps were attacked by angry residents after a local merchant was beaten up on Saturday.
Gangs of men carrying stones and sticks set fire to tents and other items belonging to the Venezuelans, and more than 1,000 migrants were said to have fled back across the border. As the crisis heightened, President Michel Temer held a meeting on Sunday to discuss the rising number of people fleeing the country to begin afresh.
Meanwhile, Venezuelans have crossed borders and fled to a number of places like Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Chile.
With the rise in regional tension, the neighbouring countries have strengthened visa rules for the immigrants to avoid further worsening of the situation.
According to reports, the immigrants are defying the new rules in order to cross the border from Colombia into Ecuador.
