Deportations

Flight ban lifted after US tariff threat

Tiago Rogero, Edward Helmore

The US and Colombia pulled back from the brink of a trade war last Sunday after the White House said the Colombians had agreed to accept military aircraft carrying deported migrants. Donald Trump had threatened tariffs and sanctions on Colombia to punish it for earlier refusing to accept military flights carrying deportees amid his sweeping immigration crackdown. But in a statement late on Sunday, the White House said Colombia had agreed to accept the migrants and Washington would not impose its threatened penalties. Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, had earlier said he would only take back citizens “with dignity”, such as on civilian planes, and had turned back two US military aircraft with repatriated Colombians. The US president responded fiercely, posting that the flights had “a large number of illegal criminals”.…

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Guardian Weekly (Digital) - 1 Issue, 31 January 2025

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