US deportation flights land in Colombia after Trump-Petro row
Al Jazeera
Colombian President Gustavo Petro welcomes ‘free and dignified’ deportees, stressing that migrants are not criminals.
The first flights carrying migrants deported from the United States to Colombia after a major diplomatic row have arrived in the capital Bogota.
The Colombian government confirmed on Tuesday that two planes carrying migrants had landed. A total of 201 migrants — 110 sent from California and 90 from Texas — were on board.
The flights mark an abrupt about-face for Colombia, which had rejected US military planes bearing migrants over the weekend, arguing that their passengers should not be treated as criminals.
Some flights to Latin America reportedly carried migrants in handcuffs.
“The well-being of our fellow citizens and the guarantee of their rights is a priority of the Colombian government,” Colombia’s Foreign Ministry said in a social media post on Tuesday.
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