Colombia announces that it will not accept military flights with deportees from the United States

Colombia announces that it will not accept military flights with deportees from the United States


Colombian President stressed that it will accept flights only when illegal immigrants were treated with “dignity”




The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petroannounced this Sunday 26, that prevented from entering the country of US military planes with Espulse Colombian immigrants. Petro said he will receive only his compatriots on civil flights and when they will be treated with “dignity”.

“An immigrant is not a criminal and must be treated with the dignity that a human being deserves,” said Petro. The Colombian president did not specify how many American flights intended to terrorize in Colombia or how many people wore.

“I cannot force immigrants to stay in a country that does not want them; but if this country returns them, it must be with dignity and respect for them and for our country,” said Petro.

So far, the United States had not deported irregular immigrants to Colombia from the inauguration of the President of the United States Donald Trump last Monday 20, but countries such as Brazil and Guatemala received compatriots.

In his declaration on Sunday, Petro replied to the news on a complaint filed by Brazil Speaking of abuse for Brazilian immigrants during a deportation flight. The Brazilians were handcuffed on a flight that made an unexpected landing in the city of Manaus.

Brasiliani

THE Itamarathy He published on Sunday 26, a note on the situation of Brazilian deportees from the United States who arrived in the country on Friday 24 on Friday 24. In the document, the folder states that the indiscriminate use of handcuffs and currents violates the terms of the agreement with the United States“Which provides for the decent, respectful and human treatment of repatriage”.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated that the Brazilian government has collected detailed information on the “degrading treatment” given to the Brasiliani handcuffed, on the feet and on the hands, on the return flight of the immigration and control service of the United States (ICE). The plane, whose final destination would be Belo Horizonte (MG), He made an unexpected landing in Manaus. During the period in the Amazon capital, the authorities found that people were handcuffed and chained by the determination of the Americans.

“The Brazilian government considers unacceptable that the conditions agreed with the United States government are not respected. Brazil has agreed to hold repatriation flights, since 2018, to shorten the time of these citizens in the US detention centers, for irregular immigration and no possibility of appeal “, says the declaration of Itamarate./com AFP

Source: Terra

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