Colombia refused entry two American aircraft, transporting migrants from the USA – officials from the Department of Homeland safety and the Department of Defence informed.
According to NBC News, C-17 military aircraft carried around 80 Colombian migrants On board. The machines took off from California and initially had approval to land. However, the surprise president of Colombia Gustavo Petro He revoked the permits, and the aircraft had to turn around due to the fact that they could not land in Colombia.
The US wanted to send back migrants. The president of Colombia forced the planes to turn around
‘Migrant is not a criminal and should be treated with the dignity that a human being deserves. That's why I had the U.S. military aircraft come back with Colombian migrants," explained the president of Colombia in an entry published on social media.
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"I cannot force migrants to stay in a country that does not want them. But if this country returns them, it must happen. with dignity and respect For them and for our country. civilian aircraft, not being treated like a criminal – then we will welcome our fellow countrymen. Colombia must be respected," Petro stressed.
A akin situation occurred on Friday erstwhile Mexico denied US president Donald Trump's administration approval to land an American military aircraft with deported migrants. Then American aircraft took about 160 people to GuatemalaBut the flight had to be canceled due to the deficiency of consent from the Mexican authorities.
Colombia refused to accept migrants. There's Donald Trump's reaction.
He responded rapidly to Colombia's decision US president Donald Trump, which announced the imposition of duties on the country. "On Sunday, he said that the United States would impose extended sanctions and duties on Colombia for refusing to accept US military aircraft with deported migrants," said Reuter.
In a post posted on fact Social, he stated that the United States would impose Exceptional duties for all Colombian goods imported into the USA.
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"I have just been informed that 2 repatriation flights from the United States, with a large number of illegal criminalsThey were not allowed to land in Colombia. This order was issued by Socialist president Gustavo Petro of Colombia, who is already very unpopular among his people. Petro's refusal on these flights threatened national and public safety of the United Statessaid the president of the United States.
Trump announced that he would introduce “extraordinary duties of 25 % on all Colombian goods imported into the United States‘. In addition, he added that after 7 days duties of 25% will be raised up to 50 percent. He besides ordered "a travel ban and immediate visa withdrawal to representatives of the Colombian Government".
He besides mentioned the imposition of "visa sanctions" against all members of the Colombian government, members of their families and supporters of the Colombian government, "to strengthen customs controls and border controls" and announced the introduction of extraordinary US IEEP regulations.
“These measures are only the beginning. We will not let the Government of Colombia to violate its legal obligations to receive and send back the criminals he forced to enter the United States!', he concluded the entry.
New regulations in the US. A number of programmes for migrants have been suspended
The U.S. Department of Homeland safety ordered the actual suspension of a number of programs that allowed immigrants to temporarily settle in the United States. The ban even included a key initiative to let Ukrainian citizens to enter.
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The directive requires "immediate cessation‘take adequate decisions on applications submitted under these programmes until they are verified by the fresh administration. A wide scope of programmes, including the most unstable countries in the world, have been halted, e.g. Cuba, Haiti is Venezuela.
Donald Trump's envoy is going to Latin America. Marco Rubio with an crucial mission
Many migrants are fleeing from Latin American countries to the United States in search of a better life. After swearing in Donald Trump at the 47th U.S. president announced that the fresh U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio It will go on diplomatic missions to parts of these countries.
Trump's envoy is expected to travel to Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and besides to Panama.
– Cooperation with our neighbours is simply a key component in addressing migration, supply chains and economical growth, which is crucial for the implementation by Secretary Rubio of a abroad policy focused on making America strong, prosperous and safe said the spokesperson for the State Department of Tammy Bruce after confirming the visit.
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The politician is to usage his journey to rise at least 2 crucial topics for Donald Trump's policy. It's about Reducing illegal migration and taking control of the Panama Canal.
The president of the United States said before his authoritative inauguration that Panama Canal is crucial to the States for their safety. He even stated that the US could go to economical and military activitiesto make a point of it. However, the Panamanian authorities are outraged by Trump's statements and reject the anticipation that they could hand the Canal over to the US.
