"Una comunidad bajo sospecha. La exigencia de visado reaviva la lucha de los inmigrantes de Colombia en España por romper el molde que les asocia a la violencia y narcotráfico," El País
There are 24,650 Colombians without a permit for residence living in Spain; without papers, the number triplicates. The eminent demand to have a visa to enter Spain makes the wound deeper. Seven world renown Colombian authors are at the front of acting against the law that requires every Colombian to have a visa to enter Spain. García Márquez says that asking for a visa when entering Spain would be like asking for a visa to enter their own mother's house.