US EditionVenezuela approves migrant repatriation flight from U.S.
Venezuela will resume twice-weekly deportation flights from the U.S. carrying roughly 200 migrants each, with over 13,000 deported this year amid ongoing diplomatic tensions.
- On Tuesday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro approved a repatriation flight from the United States, confirming twice-weekly returns will continue following a U.S. request.
- President Donald Trump's Saturday call to treat Venezuelan airspace as `closed in its entirety` alarmed Caracas, leading the Venezuelan government to announce a Saturday suspension of flights.
- An overflight and landing application submitted Monday by Eastern Airlines requests a Wednesday arrival at Maiquetia, and Venezuela's foreign affairs minister made it public Tuesday as the Aeronautic Authority received a U.S. request to restart flights.
- More than 13,000 migrants have been deported this year on dozens of chartered flights, with Venezuelan authorities reporting nearly 14,000 returned between February and November.
- The Trump administration says its strikes target drug cartels linked to Maduro, and repatriation flights continue despite U.S. military action against vessels suspected of smuggling drugs.
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Venezuela reported Tuesday that it reauthorized U.S. flights to deport migrants, days after they had been suspended by President Donald Trump’s warning of the “total closure” of Venezuelan airspace. The arrival of U.S. planes with undocumented Venezuelans was regularly maintained despite tension between the two countries over Trump’s military deployment in the Caribbean. The president claims that this is an operation to combat drug trafficking, …
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The government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has approved a migrant repatriation flight from the US, allowing the US to continue deportation flights to Venezuela despite President Trump's order for the country's airspace to be closed. "The Aeronautic Authority of Venezuela has received a request from the government of the…
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ORF.at NewsPresident Nicolás Maduro had approved this at the request of the Americans, said Transport Minister Ramón Celestino Velásquez. Against the backdrop of the escalating tensions with Venezuela, US President Donald Trump said on the weekend that the airspace over the country was to be regarded as closed.
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Venezuelan authorities on Dec. 2 approved a migrant repatriation flight from the United States, resuming a practice that was paused after U.S. President Donald Trump said last week that the country’s airspace should be considered closed. “The Aeronautic Authority of Venezuela has received a request from the government of the United States to restart migrant repatriation flights from that country to Venezuela,” the country’s transportation minist…
Venezuela approves migrant repatriation flight from US despite Trump’s airspace closure claim
The Venezuelan government announced on Tuesday that it had approved a US request to operate a migrant repatriation flight, just days after President Donald Trump declared that Venezuelan airspace was “closed in its entirety.” The move, reported by The New York Times, highlights that communication between Washington and Caracas remains active despite escalating tensions over Trump’s military campaign against President Nicolás Maduro.
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