Chilean government confirms “talks” to repatriate migrants stranded on the border with Peru

The Chilean Undersecretary of the Interior, Manuel Monsalveconfirmed this Wednesday that there are “well-directed conversations” between the chancelleries of Chili and Peru to allow “the return of Venezuelan citizens who are at the border”.

“It is quite probable that it can be carried out through the air and not by land”, Monsalve added, as reported by Channel 13, after the Peruvian foreign minister, Ana Maria Gervasiwill announce this Wednesday that the Government of Nicolas Maduro send to “in the coming daysa plane to Arica to repatriate Venezuelans who have been stranded for weeks in tacnaon the border between Chili and Peru.

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Monsalve’s words, which opened a door to end the emergency experienced by migrants who want to leave Chile to return to their country or seek another destination, coincide with the virtual meeting of vice foreign ministers of Peru, Colombia, EcuadorChile and Venezuelawhich was held this afternoon.

“We need to build a common long-term agenda using the platforms that already exist on migration in our region, but also identifying the new migration phenomena that we face in common.”, said the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, Glory of the Fountainafter the match ends.

“We are hopeful that these types of instances continue to deepen the fraternal regional dialogue and cooperation in these matters.”, he added.

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For several weeks now, hundreds of migrants who decided to leave Chile, most of them of Venezuelan and Haitian nationality, have been stranded on the border between Chile and Peru in critical conditions and without documentation to enter other countries in the region.

On their return route, they encountered restrictions on the entry of Peru, which last week declared the State of emergency at its borders.

Source: Elcomercio

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