Within the framework of the publication of the regulations of the new Migration Law, the operation of the “redirection” of migrants began. “It is one of the most important tools,” the government said.
In a conversation with Meganoticias, the Minister of the Interior, Rodrigo Delgado, confirmed that the measure is already working in Tarapacá and Antofagasta and announced that Colchane and Ollagüe already have “their first cases of people who clandestinely crossed the border into Chile and that were redirected to neighboring countries”.
On the other hand, he told T13 that “nearly 40 Venezuelans who had crossed the border have been redirected with a record and surrendered to the Bolivian authorities and we hope to continue doing so,” he said. “In less than 24 hours there are already concrete results at the border,” he added.
Minister Delgado referred to the agreement reached between the truckers and the government after the murder of Bryan Castillo at the hands of three Venezuelan migrants who entered the country irregularly and which launched this “redirection” plan.
“We are complying in a timely manner with the deadlines that we have defined and we demand the same from the other side,” he assured. It should be noted that Minister Delgado, among other measures, announced that a state of emergency will be decreed in the border sector of four provinces in the north: Arica, Parinacota, Tamarugal and El Loa.
