Colombia will not accept planes with migrants expelled from the United States due to “cruel and degrading treatment” during the flight. This is reported by TASS with reference to the migration service of the South American Republic.
“The failure to implement humane treatment agreements for returning Colombians and the cancellation by the US Department of Homeland Security of the first two flights agreed under the pilot project were the reasons why the Colombian migration service, in consultation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, suspended flights from this country,” the message says. .
According to the director of the migration service, Fernando Garcia Manosalva, the Colombian authorities receive from their fellow citizens “constant complaints about poor conditions in [американских] detention centers and in-flight ill-treatment”. “We are taking these measures to ensure that the thousands of Colombians who are about to be returned from the United States have guarantees of immunity and decent treatment. In this regard, we are confident that the negotiations that we will resume with the US authorities contribute to the well-being and protection of Colombians and their rights,” said the head of the migration service. The Colombian authorities, in particular, want to achieve the abolition of the use of shackles for fellow citizens.
According to the migration service, from May 1 to May 7, about 1.2 thousand Colombians were supposed to return to the country from the United States.
Source: Rosbalt
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