Chile expels 114 foreigners for crimes or irregular stays – 21/02/2019

The government of Chile has materialized this Thursday the expulsion of 114 foreigners who have committed crimes or are in an irregular situation on its territory, according to official sources.

The figure includes 32 Colombians, 68 Bolivians and 14 Peruvianss and with them already added 302 immigrants who have been expelled until now in 2019, Interior Minister Andrés Chadwick witnessed the departure of Colombians from Santiago Air Base.

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Colombians were sent to Bogota on a plane Chilean air force transport (FACH) and, according to the minister, 16 of them had to leave the country after committing crimes (10 of them related drug trafficking and 6 violent robbery).

The other 16, meanwhile, were expelled by administrative decision of the government, because they were in an illegal situation in Chile, said the minister.

"These are people we do not want to enter the country, we want people who come to contribute and improve their family conditions, "Chadwick said.

"These are the ones who did not want to take advantage of an opportunity that gave them the state of Chile (to regularize their stay), that they did not respect the law (of the 39), or that they were committing criminal actions, "he said.

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As for Bolivians, the minister said that "practically everyone" has committed offenses under the drug law " and that his departure from Chile was organized by land on the other side of the frontier.

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"We are doing an important operation because We are committed to ordering the house"insisted the Minister of the Interior.

During the year 2018, more than 2,500 foreigners left Chile as part of the implementation of the government 's migration regulation plan of President Sebastián Piñera, which was aimed at "putting money in". order in business "in this region.

Of all those who returned to their country, 2,049 were expelled as a result of the commission of criminal acts or lawsuits in their country of origin and were detected.

They have also returned home to more than half a thousand Haitians who have chosen to benefit from an "Orderly Humanitarian Return Plan", which includes travel expenses and the cost of travel. prohibition to return to Chile for nine years.

EFE Agency.

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