Ecuador increased control to the entry of foreigners through the border with Colombia following a statement by the Head of State, Rafael Correa, with respect to criminal acts allegedly perpetrated by Colombian citizens this Andean country, media reported Wednesday local.El October 25, Correa reported the release, after paying a ransom, the Ecuadorian Kléver Larriva, who was allegedly kidnapped by Colombians. "If they keep coming Colombian criminals, kidnap people , they take it to Colombia and the Colombian state can not intervene, with the pain of the soul we have to put restrictions on the Colombians, "said chief Estado.Luego of these statements, checks were stepped up this week with requisitions and even asked some certificate of yellow fever vaccine said Luz Meza, a member of the Association of Colombian-Ecuadorian Refugees Ibarra, Ecuador. in northern border province of Sucumbios, the problem is more evident because, according to Meza, who works with 20 organizations related to the issue of refugees, at each point of the border "checks are performed, and who have no documents to ask $ 200 or deport him," publishes the newspaper El Universo. "They look more detention Luggage and more military and police, "he says from Nueva Loja (Sucumbíos) Mildred Granobles, leader of the Association of Refugees which is home to about 500 Migrating familias.La Sucumbíos Police acknowledge that the controls have been increased in the three border points and For example, the passage of Colombian citizens, not previously shut, now only open until 18.00 hours locales.Las restrictions, police sources said, seeking to prevent Colombians involved in criminal activity from entering the country among the thousands who cross the frontera.Según migration data, between January and September this year 20,325 Colombians were registered under different immigration status. "But who crossed the northern border and living in Ecuador and many more, "notes the paper by noting that associations ensure that 250,000 refugee applications processed refugio.No However, the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that handled 130,000 requests, of which over 20,000 have already been aprobadas.El newspaper notes that the true number of Colombians living in Ecuador is incierto.El Consulate of Colombia in Quito estimated that among those with valid documents and those in some 300,000 irregular condition Colombians, mostly concentrated in the provinces of Pichincha, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, notes the former chancellor diario.Pero Francisco Carrión estimated that in reality the figure is around 500,000, the largest foreign population in Ecuador.
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