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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Venezuela to continue accepting deported migrants despite Trump's airspace closure assertion

Venezuela Aviation - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

U.S.-operated flights returning deported migrants to Venezuela will continue despite President Donald Trump’s assertion that the airspace of the South American country should be considered closed.

The government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday announced that the twice weekly flights will go on following a request from the Trump administration. That reverses a Venezuelan government Saturday announcement indicating that U.S. immigration authorities had unilaterally suspended the flights.

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