New Colombian president announces anti-migrant crackdown

Colombia's right-wing President Abelardo de la Espriella has ordered an immigration crackdown, instructing authorities to begin detaining undocumented foreigners convicted of crimes with a view to deporting them.New Colombian president announces anti-migrant crackdownThe hardline lawyer took office on August 7 after campaigning to fight crime and drug-trafficking guerrillas.Immigration was not a central theme of his campaign but in video footage of him chairing a security meeting in his Caribbean stronghold of Barranquilla on Sunday, he said: "I will not accept illegal migrants, no matter where they come from.""The order to Immigration is clear: first those who are committing crimes, second those who have not regularized their status and who will have to be deported in due course."He said