The harsh statement from Migrations of Colombia on Juan Grabois: 'In a vehement way, he demanded his entry into the country based on who he was'

05/26/2021 12:08 AM

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Updated 05/26/2021 12:58 AM

Through an official statement,

The Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs gave its version of the deportation from the country of Juan Grabois, who on Tuesday denounced that he was attacked and expelled from the country for considering him a

"

risk to state security

.

"

For the Colombian government, he 

had

"an expired passport."

"Today (for this Tuesday)

a delegation of 20 people

from Argentina

arrived in the national territory, through the El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá

. After carrying out the corresponding immigration control and verification processes,

the entry of 19 of the 20

members of said delegation, "reported Migración de Colombia.

He continued: "A citizen of Argentine nationality, who

refused to have

his documents

verified

, after the system threw an

alert

due to the expiration of his passport

and disrespected the Migration Officer and the Supervisor in charge, was inadmissible. "

The statement from the Colombian government regarding the expulsion of Juan Grabois from that country.

It all started on the afternoon of this Tuesday when Grabois denounced on his Twitter account that he had been

delayed and physically attacked

at the Colombian airport, a country to which he traveled as part of an international mission given the

social conflict

that exists in that nation.

After 20:00, he wrote: "After a series of physical attacks registered by numerous witnesses and security cameras, the Colombian government

expels me

from its territory because it considers me a

'risk to State Security.'

And he added: "They have

detained my documentation

and luggage. They put me under guard on a flight to Lima (Peru), without explanation of my subsequent destination."

After a series of physical attacks registered by numerous witnesses and security cameras, the Colombian government expels me from its territory for considering me a "risk to State Security" (decree 1727/2020).

Thread: @MisionIntCol #SOSColombia

- Juan Grabois (@JuanGrabois) May 25, 2021

Through

a WhatsApp audio

broadcast by his spokesmen - sent minutes before he was deported - Grabois said that when he asked for the presence of a lawyer "the security personnel

became very aggressive

": "They took us by force to a door without connection with the rest of the facilities where I was attacked by

pushing and hitting my face,

"he accused.

He explained: "Given the

human rights violations 

that occurred in Colombia, our protocol agreed with Colombian congressmen was that we always be accompanied by a lawyer and a witness."

"I wanted to enter based on who I was"

For Colombia, "the foreigner (in reference to Grabois),

vehemently

, demanded his entry into the country,

based on who he was

and who had invited him, and was left at the disposal of the airline, in order to comply with the order of inadmissibility ".

From Bogotá they concluded: "

Migration Colombia rejects this type of behavior

, as well as the pressure exerted to authorize their entry, and invites national and foreign citizens to respect national regulations, as well as the Migration Officer."

From the Argentine Foreign Ministry, they confirmed that the leader received

"consular assistance"

in the face of what happened, but they distanced themselves from the details by upholding Colombia's right to decide on the matter.

Colombian government sources consulted by

Clarín

confirmed the expulsion.

"He will be deported this very night (for this Tuesday). Our government, in exercise of the power to receive in its territory whoever it considers worthy of that right, maintained that, in the current circumstances, Mr. Grabois

is not welcome to our country

and that is why it was inadmissible. "

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Juan Grabois was arrested upon arrival in Colombia and later deported