Chilean President says only legal migrants may stay
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- 20 Oct 2022
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Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font Thursday underlined that in his country there were no privileges and therefore foreign residents will have to either regularize their migration status or leave.
Boric added that “if they have committed a crime, they need to leave.” The head of state also admitted it was necessary to “offer alternatives to those who are in an irregular situation” but in the end “no one here is going to be above the law.
”In case there are children, we have to guarantee that they have access to education; in the case of Social Development, the shelters today are full in Antofagasta,” Boric also underlined.
Irregular migration was not a new phenomenon in Chile, but from 2010 to July 2021 the number has multiplied by 57, from 415 to more than 23,000 people, mostly Venezuelans, according to the Jesuit Migrant Service (SJM).
Boric Friday insisted in a radio interview that his administration will act like “dogs” against those who commit crimes associated with drug trafficking and recalled that the ruling coalition has submitted to Congress two bills this week addressing the issue. Read More...
