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The mayor of the Tarapacá Region, Miguel Angel Quezada, referred to the migratory situation that exists in the area and, particularly, in the commune of Colchane, where the authority indicated that “we have never had 1,600 people simultaneously arrive at that location“.
On the last day, it was announced that two people – a 69-year-old Venezuelan man and an unidentified Colombian woman – died after entering Chile from Bolivia irregularly and that it is presumed to be the product of Covid-19. This situation has been widely denounced by mayors in the area, who ask for more help from the central government.
In conversation with The Cooperative Journal, the regional authority detailed “what happened in the last days is that we had a major exodus and that we had not had until now “, since between August and December some 10,000 people entered this town, but only the weekend was the presence of 1,600 people simultaneously registered.
“The chancellor is working with neighboring countries to cope with the exodus in a coordinated way, with the Ministry of the Interior we have been permanently present in this situation, but we have never had 1,600 people simultaneously arrive in that town and obviously we have convened international organizations, such as the IOM (International Organization for Migration), “he said.
However, he maintained that “around 6 to 8 million Venezuelans are in South America, one million in Peru and as a result of the pandemic situation is that these Venezuelans have made the decision to come to Chile.”
Quezada pointed out that in Colchane, the border town where all the migrant flow arrives, it is that are being generated “legal and health instances to be able to transfer them to health residences “, but that” when a person enters through a non-authorized passage and sets foot in our country, we we have to stop her and then start with the administrative process“for expulsion.
