<span style="color: #222222;">Ecuador has brought in new rules to stop Venezuelan migrants entering the country without a passport, leaving many stranded in neighbouring Colombia. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Thousands of Venezuelans fleeing their country's economic and political crisis have been crossing into Ecuador from Colombia using only identity cards. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Most are heading south to join family members in Peru and Chile.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Colombia has protested against the move, saying vulnerable people will be trapped on its side of the border.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In a separate incident, residents of a Brazilian town attacked a Venezuelan migrant camp yesterday and drove the occupants back across the border.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Venezuela has suffered for years from high inflation and the chronic shortage of food and medicines.</span>