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The national director of the Jesuit Migrant Service (SJM), José Tomás Vicuña, accused discrimination in the case of people from the Quilicura city who had to be transferred to Health Residences after an outbreak of coronavirus that affected 33 citizens of Haitian origin.
“Here the big problem is not Haitians, it has been racism, here there are Chilean and other nationalities and whenever there has been a focus the place is named, but here it was not the place, it was the nationality and from this we either go out together or we will not go out, this is not their problem or ours, it is everyone’s problem ”, he pointed out.
The outbreak created tension between residents of the city and residents of the commune. The transfer could be arranged after several hours of dialogue with the people who were to be quarantined.
“The great annoyance of the people who were inside had been discrimination, it is not possible that there have been stone throwings from outside, there are people here, there are no nationalities, they are human beings with family, there were childrenVicuña emphasized during the operation carried out on Wednesday afternoon.
Vicuña added that “this has to lead us to reflect on which country we want to build. A country that cannot be ‘Haitianizing’ migration at all times, but rather see how we all come out together and they have been fully available.”
On the other hand, the television coverage of the case was criticized by the National Coordinator of Immigrants of Chile, who made a complaint to the National Television Council (CNTV) through a letter addressed to its president, Catalina Parot.
In the writing, the organization maintains that “in this case, coverage has been based on clear elements of discrimination and xenophobia.”
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