Chile will mobilize its armed forces on the borders with Peru and Bolivia to deal with the massive influx of immigrants

Chile will unfold this Monday in its Armed forces In borders with Peru and Bolivia in an attempt to control the massive influx of migrants through steps not activated in these areas.

“We are going to visit some of the deployment sites next Monday, see how this work of the armed forces is going to be supported,” the interior minister said, Caroline Tohaon the measure that will initially be in effect for 90 days.

The agents will be mounted punctually in the regions of Arica and Parinacota, tarapaque there antofagastaas detailed in the decree issued by the government of Gabriel Boricand -if necessary- it can be extended with congressional approvalafter the first three months have elapsed.

Military units will perform identity checks to those who pass through the region and can Stop to those who enter or leave through an unauthorized border crossing. According to the mayor of the municipality of Colchane, Javier Garciaat that time they reach Chile through irregular passages near 400 people every day.

In this regard, he pointed out that the country has registered a significant increase in immigrants from neighboring countries, mainly from Venezuelans.

mattress It is an Andean city that borders Bolivia and is the most used by foreigners to enter Chile. However, in recent years, dozens of people have died due to the dangers they are exposed to with these illegal operations. For their part, those who manage to reach the Chilean cities settle in tents and squares or even drift in search of help.

The measure, however, was not welcomed by the authorities of the region, who announced that it will not be effective in solving the immigration problem -even if yes to enhance security in the north of the country – and instead they called for other provisions to deal with this problem.

The governor of the region of Arica and Parinacota, Jorge Diazstated that it would be effective to establish parallel measurementsnail greater involvement of local communities there smooth communication with neighboring countries.

Decisions on this law “were again made more than 2,000 kilometers away from where the problem is”, so “the opinion of the regional authorities was not taken nor the feeling of how this could be materialize or be practiced”he said in an interview with what’s left of the day.

In this sense, he was disappointed with what was announced because, in reality, they hoped that the military could prevent entry into the country for irregular procedures and not to carry out checks which will be difficult to implement since – for the most part – they are people without papers.

“I think it will be very complex for the measure to work. I hope so, I have the greatest hope that it goes well, but it will be very complex from a practical point of view”he added.

He also warned of the opposite effect that the decree could have since, after registering the migrants, they will be detained and taken to a police station, where the search will take place. redirect processwhich points to “completely failed”.

The measure that will soon come into force in northern Chile is added to others already implemented by the Executive, such as Sebastian Pinero which included the extension of a 600 meter trench built six years ago near Colchane.

(With information from AFP)

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