Gabriel Boric hardens his tone towards undocumented migrants: “Either they regularize or they leave”

The President of Chile, Gabriel Borichardened his tone this Thursday towards immigrants who do not have their papers up to date, pointing out that “either they regularize or they leave, and if they have committed a crime, they have to leave.”

On his tour of the north of the country, particularly the region of Antofagastathe Chilean president He focused on the migration and insecurity crisis that has afflicted the area for months.

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“The answer is more complicated, it is intersectoral. You have to do the cadastre, offer alternatives, those who are in an irregular situation, either regularize or leave, and those who have committed crimes, they absolutely have to leave. There is no one here who is going to be above the law.” emphasized borik.

“It is a job that our delegate (regional president, Karen Behrens) has as a priority, who is going to do this intersectoral work with (the Ministry of Health); in case there are children, we have to guarantee that they have access to education; in the case of Social Development, the shelters are now full in Antofagasta”, he added.

The irregular migration was not a new phenomenon Chilibut from 2010 to July 2021 the figure has multiplied by 57, going from 415 to more than 23,000 people, mostly Venezuelanaccording to the Jesuit Migrant Service (SJM).

Source: Elcomercio

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