Flights returning Colombian migrants from US border to restart from next week

FILE PHOTO: Migrants from Venezuela, Honduras, Nicaragua, Haiti and Colombia eat food during Christmas festivities, at a shelter in Mexico City, Mexico December 24, 2022. REUTERS/ Luis Cortes/File Photo

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Flights returning Colombians found by immigration officers at the U.S. border with Mexico to their home country will resume beginning next week, Colombia's migration agency said on Friday.

The agency said this week it had temporarily suspended the program, citing cruel and degrading treatment and last-minute flight cancellations.