Colombian authorities have been referring all day to Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa Azín’s initiative to begin the departure of foreign prisoners to their countries of origin.
In a radio interview, Noboa said they would start with Colombia and that there would be about 1,500 prisoners in Ecuadorian prisons.
“If there is a question of deportation, we will examine whether the people should actually be arrested by the Colombian authorities,” said the country’s Minister of Justice in response to Daniel Noboa’s announcement
On Wednesday evening, Colombia’s Ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs issued a joint statement reiterating their willingness to activate the repatriation process, but not deportation.
In the letter, the authorities recalled that repatriation between the two countries is governed by the Convention on the Transit of Persons, Vehicles, Inland and Maritime Vessels and Aircraft of April 18, 1990.
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“Under this international agreement, the repatriation of compatriots is an individual process – not a mass process – which meets objective criteria – not the simple will of the States Parties – and which must have the consent of the person deprived of his liberty robbed. in accordance with a written request submitted by the interested party or his legal representative, or by the country of nationality of the sentenced person, with the prior consent of the person to be transferred,” it was noted.
The institutions have clarified that requests are examined on a case-by-case basis and that criteria apply such as:
That country’s Ministry of Justice confirmed that it is ready to activate the repatriation process under the agreement, and that the eventual expulsion of compatriots is different from the repatriation, which “would constitute a unilateral decision by the Ecuadorian State that would override judicial decisions of its judicial authorities in Colombia.”
They also expressed confidence that Ecuador will take measures to protect the human rights of the detainees, “without prejudice to any repatriation procedures that may arise.” (JO)
Source: Eluniverso
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