Some 457 Bolivians have been expelled from Chile in the first half of the year, most of them from the Tarapacá Region.
According to a report by the national head of Migration and the International Police published by Once upon a time598 migrants have been expelled from Chile so far this year.
The report indicates that 11 expulsions of foreigners were administrative, while 587 are judicial.
It is worth pointing out that the vast majority correspond to citizens Bolivians with a total of 457of which 205 were in the Tarapacá Region, 156 in Antofagasta and 50 in Arica and Parinacota.
In second place are the Colombianswhose expulsions add up to 57. Further back are 48 Peruviansfollowed by 17 Venezuelans, 8 Dominicans, 6 Argentines, 3 Paraguayans, 2 Ecuadorians and one Indonesian driven out. The latter was in the Magallanes Region.
Regions with the most expulsions of migrants
On the other hand, the region of Chile that registers the most expulsions is Tarapacá with 214, followed by Antofagasta with 173 and Arica and Parinacota with 108.
Further behind is the Metropolitan Region (51), Atacama (21) and Coquimbo (14).
Meanwhile, the regions with the fewest expulsions are Magallanes(4), Valparaíso (3), Maule (3), O’Higgins (2), Los Lagos (2), Biobío (1) and La Araucanía (1). Los Ríos and Ñuble do not register cases.
Izkia Siches: “We have a problem with Bolivia”
This week, the Minister of the Interior, Izkia Siches, referred to these figures indicating that the Government “is going to expel all the people who comply with the judicial expulsions, but it is also going to actively carry out administrative expulsions.”
On the occasion, he acknowledged that there were a few administrative expulsions of migrants and that the vast majority are judicial.
“In the previous government, 176 occurred on this same date, despite the fact that there was a larger request, and we have already materialized 587 (judicial expulsions),” he indicated.
Siches also said that “Indeed, we have a problem with Bolivia, because the renewals are not happening”.
“It is not just a matter of political will, but we need bilateral conditions, and for that, the chancellor has been actively working in the meetings with Mercosur,” he added.
It should be noted that President Gabriel Boric assured this Sunday that he had “made significant progress” in bilateral relations between Chile and Bolivia, after meeting in Colombia with the Bolivian president, Luis Arce.
“We have made significant progress in our bilateral relations, our integration and issues that concern our compatriots such as migration and cooperation between our countries,” said Boric from Bogotá.