Chile to expel 2,000 illegal migrants – Punch Newspapers

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The measure is part of a migration plan that the world’s largest copper producer introduced to cope with the arrival of hundreds of thousands of migrants over the last four years.

The expulsions will prioritize foreigners with criminal records, as well as those who did not take up a government offer to regularize their situation.

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“Effectively, by the end of the year, there will be around 2,000 expulsions from our country of foreigners who have committed crimes,” said government spokeswoman Cecilia Perez.

The first stage of the expulsions is aimed at people with criminal records. Next on the list are those serving prison time who face expulsion once they have purged their sentences, Perez said.

A third group will include all migrants who did not go through a regularization process the government began in April. So…



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