Tag: deportation

• Wednesday, November 24th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Pardons and deportations granted to reduce overcrowding at Ecuador's jails

  

  Pardons and deportations granted to reduce overcrowding at Ecuador's jails Government of Ecuador have decreed a series of pardons and extraditions of prison inmates in a move aimed at reducing overcrowding at detention facilities following a series of deadly riots this year which has cost over 230 lives, it was announced.

• Thursday, September 23rd 2021 - 23:14 UTC

  Foreign offenders expelled from Chile as deportation of irregular migrants set to resume

  

  Chilean migration authorities Thursday expelled 49 migrants who were found guilty of human trafficking in addition to carrying weapons illegally, the Department of Migration and International Police of Tarapacá reported.

• Wednesday, June 9th 2021 - 09:48 UTC

  UN concerned over deportation of 56 Venezuelan migrants from Chile

  

  The United Nations (UN) Tuesday voiced their concern about Sunday's deportation of 56 Venezuelan migrants from Chile despite legal actions taken against such a measure.

• Wednesday, April 28th 2021 - 09:57 UTC

  Amnesty International against deportation of migrants in Chile

  

  Amnesty International's office in Chile Tuesday “repudiated” the wave of arrests and deportations of migrants after the enactment of the new immigration law promoted by the administration of President Sebastián Piñera, it was announced.

• Friday, January 17th 2020 - 10:23 UTC

  Tourists accused of damaging Machu Picchu deported to Bolivia and barred from Peru for 15 years

  

  Five tourists accused of damaging Peru's iconic Machu Picchu site were deported to Bolivia on Thursday and barred from returning to the country for 15 years, police and immigration officials said.

• Wednesday, July 3rd 2019 - 09:38 UTC

  Mexican deportation of foreigners increased 33% in June; “great job”, says Trump

  

  Mexico deported 33% more foreigners month-on-month in June, officials announced on Thursday, after the country agreed to take “unprecedented” steps to reduce migration in order to avoid US President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs.

• Thursday, November 8th 2018 - 13:36 UTC

  Chile flies 175 frustrated Haitian migrants back home

  

  A Chilean Air Force (FACH) airplane took off from Santiago Wednesday with 175 Haitians onboard on their way back home in what some regarded as a “humanitarian flight” and others dubbed a “forced deportation.”