Rio DE JANEIRO: The first plane carrying Colombian migrants deported from the United States has landed in the South American country after the settlement of a dispute between the nations over US deportation policy.
“They are Colombians, they are free and dignified, and they are in their home country, where they are loved,” Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro announced on social media platform X on Tuesday.
“The migrant is not a criminal, he is a person who wants to work and get ahead, who wants to live,” the president wrote. The Colombians arrived in the capital Bogotá on a Colombian Air Force plane. On Sunday, Petro had initially prevented two US military aircraft carrying deported Colombians from landing. He justified his decision by saying that migrants were not criminals and should be treated with dignity. (DPA)
