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Ellie Fennell

"I've rebuilt my life working as a doctor in the UK after fleeing Venezuela in disguise"

A composite image shows Venezuelan Doctor Niloha Rangel filming her story (left) and posing for refugee week with an orange paper heart (right).

"For so many years in Venezuela, I had a wonderful life with my son, daughter and husband. Having established a paediatric clinic in Caracas with a colleague, I loved my work and my wonderful team and had a great social life with lots of local friends and family," says Dr Niloha Rangel, 51.

But political instability and economic collapse changed all of that for her and her family.

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