Prosecuted under the Trump-era Title 42 border policy, which the Biden administration retains, The first two Venezuelan migrants expelled from the United States arrived in Bogotáas confirmed by Colombian migration sources to Caracol Radio .
Last Thursday two Venezuelan citizens arrived in the country as deportees. Both had left Colombian territory for Mexico and later crossed irregularly. towards the United States.
Officials from the US Department of Homeland Security reported that deportation flights into Colombia with Venezuelans who used to live in the country will occur frequently.
The flights of Venezuelans to Colombia mark another effort by the administration to try to stop the flow of migrants, expelling those who cross the border between the United States and Mexico, including those seeking asylum.
These expulsions to Colombia, which Caracol Radio had previously reported, are part of the international cooperation and support plans for migrants in the region, which Foreign Minister Marta Lucía Ramírez would have signed with the White House, under this agreement, More than 6,000 Venezuelan citizens would arrive in Colombia between January and February deported, and possibly would be shipped gradually.
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Venezuelan migrants who have a valid passport and prove that they lived in Colombia will be received back to the country.
The number of Venezuelans arriving at the southern border of the United States continues to increase. In December, US Customs and Border Protection found more than 13,000 Venezuelan adults on the southern border of the countrycompared to 96 in December 2020, according to agency data.
