Chile kicks out Colombians, Ecuadorians and Dominicans – DW – 12/03/2023

Chili This Saturday (02.12.2023) 22 Colombians, five Ecuadorians and two Dominicans accused of various crimes and irregular entry, the President’s government announced that they were transported by air force plane to Bogotá, Guayaquil and Santo Domingo. Gabriel Boric.

Of the 29 deported, 19 were involved in crimes such as robbery and illegal possession of weapons, while the remaining 10 entered Chilean territory irregularly, according to a report by the National Security Service. migrations.

So far in 2023, Chile has expelled 821 foreigners, 556 of them for judicial cases related to public security.

“We are working hard to ensure that the administrative and judicial removal of people who have committed crimes or are in violation of immigration regulations in our country is carried out in accordance with current regulations and in an expeditious manner,” said the national director. Migration Service, Luis Eduardo Thayer, quoted in the report.

According to the official, more than 130,000 people have registered with the authorities to regularize their situation within the framework of the program to correct the lack of information on the identity of migrants who entered irregularly in the last five years, most of them coming from Venezuela.

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