SANTIAGO, Chile – Dozens of migrants want to leave Chile They were stranded on the border with PeruWho restricted entry at the time they were trying to cross the race due to the threat of the Chilean conservative candidate Jose Antonio Cast Then he expelled them by force.
A video clip posted by the governor of the border region of Arica, 2,200 kilometers north of Santiago, shows Dozens of people try to leave Chile At the Chacalluta-Santa Rosa Pass.
A Venezuelan migrant who preferred to remain anonymous told digital media: “They don’t want to let us enter Peru. There is fear because they will take us out by force.” Clinic. Peruvian Channel Radio Tacna Post photos Migrants carrying children in their arms On the road near the border crossing.
“There has been a concentration of immigrants who want Leave the country “They faced difficulties entering Peru,” Chilean Security Minister Luis Cordero told the press, without specifying a number.
The conservative Kast, who is most likely to win the next runoff on December 14 in Chile against leftist Janet Jara, promises to expel nearly 330,000 illegal immigrants, most of them Venezuelans, whom he links to a wave of insecurity.
“To the illegal immigrants in Chile, I tell you that there are only 103 days left Leave voluntarily From our homeland. “If they do not leave voluntarily, they will have to leave after I take over the presidency,” Kast said in a video he posted on social media on Friday.
On the Peruvian side, Interim President Jose Jiri said on Friday, the 10th of this month, that he called for an extraordinary meeting of ministers to announce “The state of emergency and therefore redoubling efforts with the armed forces in monitoring it.” On the border with Chile.
“Our borders are respected” said the president, who traveled on Sunday to the Tacna border region, where he spoke for the first time about emergency plans.
Jerry announced his intention Militarization of borders from southern Peru in order to contain the violence plaguing his country, which he attributed largely to a lack of care at border points. He also stated that police and immigration agents will step up identity checks.
Although the military deployment has not yet entered into force, Peruvian authorities have already tightened controls in some areasAmong them is on the border with Chile, where tensions escalated on Friday and prompted the Chilean government to intensify measures Diplomatic dialogues To avoid a new humanitarian crisis in the region.
General Arturo Valverde, Tacna District Police Chief, said Border controls have been increased Waiting for the declaration of a state of emergency.
“It is a problem that arises with the arrival of quite a few Unregistered aliens “I’m looking forward to moving to our country,” Valverde told Canal N television. “Undocumented persons or those without a passport and visa cannot enter.” He said.
barely 7.9 million Venezuelans They live outside their country, which is the second largest displacement in the world, according to figures published earlier by the International Organization for Migration. About 700,000 people live in Chile and nearly 1.5 million in Peru. Colombia is the country in the region that received the largest number of refugees, with their number reaching 2.8 million people.
In April 2023, Peru decreed a two-month state of emergency and militarized its borders to strengthen controls against the arrival of migrants from Chile. The armed forces then supported the police’s tasks in the field of internal control.
News agencies AFP, AP and Reuters