Migrants looking for asylum in the US from Colombia and Cuba are processed by the U.S. border patrol after crossing the border from Mexico at Yuma, Ariz., on Feb. 18, 2022. (Go Nakamura/Reuters)
BOGOTA—Flights returning Colombians discovered by immigration officers on the U.S. border with Mexico to their house nation will resume starting subsequent week, Colombia’s migration company mentioned on Friday.
The company mentioned this week it had quickly suspended this system, citing merciless and degrading therapy and last-minute flight cancellations.
The variety of Colombians attempting emigrate north to the US has soared lately, with greater than 125,000 apprehended at the US’ southern border in 2022, in accordance U.S Customs and Borders Safety (CBP), up from round 6,200 in 2021.
“The agreements that now we have reached with the North American authorities are the next: the flights for returning folks will restart from subsequent week and there are two working teams, with a human rights perspective, which is able to create two protocols to ensure the integrity of returning vacationers,” migration company director Fernando Garcia mentioned in a video assertion.
