Plane with migrants stranded on the Chile-Peru border takes off for Venezuela

An airplane with more than a hundred migrants Venezuelans took off this Sunday from the north of Chilion a repatriation flight for people who had been stranded for weeks at the border with Peru.

Hundreds of migrantsmainly Venezuelans, have remained for two weeks on the northern border of Chili with the intention of leaving the country after a tightening of immigration controls in the country.

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Peru For its part, it prevents them from passing, alleging lack of documentation, and militarized its borders for 60 days to reinforce surveillance and face the insecurity associated with foreigners, as argued by the president. Dina Boluarte.

This Sunday’s flight to Venezuelawho left from the city of Aricaabout 2,000 km north of Santiago, was carried out with a private airline, and not with the Venezuelan public Conviasa. It is part of the programreturn to the homeland” promoted by the government of Nicolas Maduro.

“What has happened at this time is due to the coordination of the different sectors”, the Chilean government delegate told reporters Ricardo Sanzanain Arica, confirming that the plane had departed around 05:40 local time (09:40 GMT).

115 Venezuelans who had been waiting for more than two weeks at the border crossing of chacalluta, on the border of Chile with Peru. Hours before boarding, they were transferred to shelters in Arica.

“The laws of Chile became a bit strong for us and we had to make the decision to return“, said David Molina32, one of the migrants who took the flight.

“I want to go to my country, that’s good now”, assured Gerardo, 30, who preferred not to give his last name. “I never leave my country again in my life”, he promised before boarding the plane.

Orderly and secure migration

The Chilean authorities affirmed that it is a first repatriation flight. Other planes should leave soon, although not necessarily from Arica.

“There is a firm determination of the government of the president gabriel boric to take charge of migration in all its senses, in an orderly and safe way”, added the presidential delegate.

“There are not going to be other flights that are likely to leave from here, and if there are, they will leave from the places where people are currently based.”, Sanzana specified.

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Chile had already militarized its northern border, in an attempt to control the irregular entry of migrants. Additionally, Congress approved laws that tighten immigration control, such as one that orders the detention of those who do not carry their documentation and another that extends the detention period to be able to manage the expulsion.

On the northern border of Chile, other Venezuelan migrants who sought to leave Chile but not return to their country remained; as well as Colombians, Haitians and Ecuadorians.

According to the UN refugee agency, an average of 150 to 200 migrants per day are stranded between neighboring South American countries.

Source: Elcomercio

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