Tag: immigration
First look at 2018 census: How Colombia has changed since times of violence
Colombia’s census authority released preliminary data that has been more than 13 years in...
Duque calls on UN for aid for peace process, Venezuela’s displacement crisis
Colombian President Ivan Duque asked world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly to...
Colombia hands over one of China’s most wanted men
Colombia’s immigration agency has deported one of China’s most wanted men from Bogota on charges...
Colombia Navy intercepts 22 Cuban immigrants off Caribbean coast
Twenty-two Cubans and two alleged “coyotes” were detained along Colombia’s...
US to open 2 new visa application centers in Colombia
The US is opening two new visa application centers in Bogota and Medellin, speeding up the process by which Colombians can obtain visas, local media reported Monday. As of May it will be possible to process paperwork for new...
Colombian government refines immigration laws to address refugees
Colombia’s Foreign Ministry signed a six-page decree last week, which refined current...
Alleged FARC deserters said to be training Bolivian drug traffickers
Bolivian police arrested two illegal Colombian immigrants near the capital, La Paz, and authorities alleged that the two men are deserters from the Colombian rebel group FARC, in the area to train local drug traffickers. ...
Colombia hands over deported teen to US authorities
Colombian authorities Friday have handed over the Texan teen, who was mistakenly deported in April 2011, to U.S. authorities, Spanish news agency EFE reported. According to government sources, officials from Colombia’s...
US teen held in Colombia after wrongful deportation
A teenage girl from Dallas, Texas, deported by mistake to Colombia by United States authorities is being held by Colombia in a detention facility, reported Texas news station Channel 8 . In December 2011, U.S. federal...
Colombian authorities capture 13 human trafficking suspects
Colombian immigration authorities have captured 13 people suspected to be part of a network that traffics immigrants throughout Colombia, newspaper El Espectador reported Thursday. Director of DAS Felipe Muñoz said that the...
Juanes meets Obama in the White House
Colombian rock star Juanes and President Barack Obama met at the White House on Tuesday morning, discussing a range of issues including the landmine situation in Colombia, U.S. immigration reform and the contents of...
Santos’ spin doctor held at Bogota airport
Colombian immigration officials held President Juan Manuel Santos’ former spin doctor, Venezuelan Juan Jose Rendon, after finding “irregularities” in the publicist’s passport Tuesday. Rendon was...
