Colombia takes U-turn on US deportation flights after Donald Trump’s tariff name

The refusal had prompted the Donald Trump administration to impose tariffs and different retaliatory measures on Columbia. Since Trump assumed cost on the White Home final Monday, deportation flights from the US have been always making headlines.

Caving to Donald Trump’s tariff menace, Colombian President Gustavo Petro organized for the presidential aircraft to facilitate the “dignified return” of Colombian nationals who had been deported to the nation, an announcement by the President’s workplace mentioned on Sunday.

“The Authorities of Colombia, underneath the route of President Gustavo Petro, has made the presidential plane out there to facilitate the dignified return of fellow nationals who had been to reach within the nation this morning on deportation flights. This measure responds to the Authorities’s dedication to ensure dignified circumstances. Certainly not have Colombians, as patriots and rights-holders, been or will likely be banished from Colombian territory,” the assertion learn.

The Colombian authorities has additionally fashioned a ‘devoted group’ that will guarantee “dignified remedy” of deported Colombians.

“Moreover, the Authorities has convened a Unified Command Publish (PMU) on migration, which can embody representatives from the Protection Ministry, the Individuals’s Workplace, the Chancellor’s Workplace, and the Presidency of the Republic. This physique’s goal is to determine and evaluate protocols that guarantee dignified remedy of deported Colombians, guaranteeing that procedures respect human rights and the integrity of every individual,” the assertion added.

The Colombian authorities assured of remaining in contact with the US, including that it’s going to search agreements to make sure minimal dignity to deported people.

“Likewise, the Authorities of Colombia maintains lively conversations with the Authorities of the US, searching for agreements that guarantee minimal circumstances of respect and dignified remedy for fellow residents throughout deportation processes, recognizing them as rights-holders,” it added.

The assertion mentioned that Columbia was dedicated to defending its nationals and can proceed main regional and worldwide efforts to seek out humane and simply options to migration challenges.

Donald Trump’s tariff measures after preliminary Columbian refusal

The U-turn from Columbia comes after US President Donald Trump on Sunday introduced 25 p.c retaliatory “emergency tariffs” on Colombia, in response to President Gustavo Petro blocking US navy deportation flights.

The standoff began when Columbia introduced blocking two US navy flights carrying migrants heading towards the nation and known as on the US to determine higher protocols in its remedy of migrants.

Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro, in a sequence of social media posts, defended their views on migration, with the latter accusing Trump of not treating immigrants with dignity throughout deportation and asserting a retaliatory 25 per cent improve in Colombian tariffs on US items.

Following Petro’s rejection of two Colombia-bound US navy plane carrying migrants, Trump strongly criticised him and introduced a slew of sanctions and insurance policies focusing on Colombia.

Aside from the tariff on all imports from the nation, the Trump administration additionally introduced a “journey ban” for Colombian residents, and a revocation of visas for Colombian officers within the US together with “all allies and supporters”.

Petro additionally asserted that the US couldn’t deal with Columbian migrants as criminals and denied acceptance of the US planes carrying migrants.

After Trump’s announcement, Petro mentioned in a publish on X that he had ordered the “international commerce minister to lift import tariffs from the US by 25 per cent.”

(With ANI inputs)