Boric announces that he will expel irregular immigrants from Chile

Chile will expel irregular immigrants who have not contributed their data to a voluntary biometric registration plan, the president announced on Thursday Gabriel Borictoughening its speech against irregular migration.

“Those who are irregular in Chile, we are going to expel them”, said Boric, in a ceremony in which he presented a plan to reinforce the territorial control tasks of the police forces, outlined in light of the increase in crime rates and the record data on the perception of public insecurity among the population.

The left-wing president ordered police authorities to detain and expel irregular immigrants who have outstanding arrest warrants within five days.

MORE INFORMATION | Chilean President Gabriel Boric announces he is separating from his partner Irina Karamanos

“In relation to foreigners who are in an irregular situation and have not completed voluntary registration, even if they do not have an arrest warrant against them, an expulsion decree will be issued.”Boric said.

This year the government promoted a biometric registration plan for irregular foreigners. The process, which has already been completed, managed to store the data of 127 thousand people.

The initiative sought to correct the lack of information on the identity of foreigners who entered Chile irregularly in the last five years, the vast majority coming from Venezuela.

CHECK OUT HERE | Chile begins the path towards a new plebiscite with little chance of having a new Constitution: the possible consequences of the consultation

The rise in irregular immigration dominates the debate in Chile following a series of high-profile police cases involving foreigners, including the attack on a police officer with a grenade on 19 November.

The right-wing opposition has threatened to launch a political trial against the Minister of Interior and Security, Carolina Tohá, if the expulsion of 12,000 irregular migrants is not carried out before the end of the year.

Since 2017, Chile has seen an exponential increase in the arrival of migrants from Venezuela, thousands of whom crossed the border through Bolivia or Peru through clandestine crossings.

SEE ALSO | Gabriel Boric congratulates Javier Milei for his victory in Argentina and expresses his desire to “cooperate”

According to official estimates, of the 1.7 million foreigners who arrived in Chile in recent years, almost half of them are Venezuelans.

The draft new Constitution that will replace the one in force since the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990), which Chileans will have to vote on in a plebiscite on December 17, contains an article that demands the expulsion of irregular migrants in the country. in the shortest possible time, addressing an issue that currently monopolizes public opinion.

Source: Elcomercio

jack

I am Jack Morton and I work in 24 News Recorder. I mostly cover world news and I have also authored 24 news recorder. I find this work highly interesting and it allows me to keep up with current events happening around the world.