Chili This Saturday, it expelled 22 Colombians, five Ecuadorians and two Dominicans accused of various crimes and illegal entry, who were transported on an Air Force plane to Bogotá, Guayaquil and Santo Domingo, the government announced.
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Among the 29 expelled, 19 committed crimes such as robbery and illegal possession of weapons, among others, while the remaining 10 had entered Chilean territory irregularly, said a statement from the National Migration Service.
So far this year Chili expelled 821 foreigners, of which 556 for judicial cases linked to public security.
“We are working hard so that the administrative and judicial expulsions of people who have committed crimes in our country or who have violated immigration regulations are carried out in accordance with current regulations and in an expeditious manner,” said the director of the National Migration ServiceLuis Eduardo Thayer, cited in the statement.
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According to the official, more than 130,000 people registered with the authorities to regularize their situation within the framework of a plan to correct the information deficit regarding the identity of foreigners who entered irregularly in the last five years, the vast majority coming from Venezuela.
The president’s government Gabriel Boric toughened its policy against irregular immigrants with a plan to strengthen territorial control tasks by police forces, outlined in light of the increase in crime rates and record data on the perception of public insecurity among the population.
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Since 2017, Chili registers an exponential increase in the arrival of migrants from Venezuelathousands of whom crossed the border on foot through Bolivia or Peru through clandestine passages.
According to official estimates, of the 1.7 million foreigners who arrived in Chile in recent years, almost half are Venezuelans.
