Chile will decree a state of exception on its northern border due to the migration crisis

Chile will decree a state of exception on its northern border due to the migration crisis

“This will allow us to have a state of exception where, of course, the Armed Forces will also be able to collaborate better with the police“, the minister told the press, adding that the decree could be signed between Monday and Tuesday.

The minister also highlighted that on Saturday a regulation of the new Immigration Law was published in the official bulletin, which was in the process of being reviewed by the Comptroller, so it can now be applied.

The new legal body, which had been approved by Congress in December 2020, makes it possible to tighten the rules for the entry of people, regularization and even expulsion.

Likewise, the minister said that security measures and land and air surveillance of the extensive and desert routes of northern Chile will be reinforced, in addition to increasing the police force in cities such as Arica, Iquique and Antofagasta, where the migration crisis has worsened. in the last moment.

After the agreement to declare a state of emergency -in four provinces of the regions of Arica and Parinacota, and Tarapacá-, the truckers will lift the blockades that mainly affected routes in the north, but to which drivers on highways in the center were added. from the country.

Source: Ambito

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