UN: No Colombian Refugees Deported from Venezuela
UN: No Colombian Refugees Deported from Venezuela
Published 31 August 2015 (7 hours 11 minutes ago)
Venezuelan Ombudsperson Tarek Saab lashed out at those who were misrepresenting the situation on the Colombia-Venezuela border.
Venezuela’s Ombudsperson Tarek Saab refuted Sunday the accusation that his country had deported refugees or Colombians with legal status, saying that the United Nations Refugee Agency has also been investigating the situation.
“The ombudsperson, together with UNHCR, has in the last 10 days has not documented a single case ... of a person with refugee status having been returned to Colombia,” said Saab, during a visit to the border state of Tachira together with representatives from UNHCR.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ordered the border with Colombia close after paramilitaries attacked Venezuelan soldiers who were patrolling the border. Maduro also declared a state of exception in a handful of municipalities on the border in order to address the presence of paramilitaries within Venezuela's borders, who are involved in massive crimes, including smuggling of basic products and gasoline to Colombia.
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