translated from Spanish: Chancellor defended the immigration Pact output: “each country is sovereign to set its own rules of migration”

the Chancellor Roberto Ampuero defended the departure of Chile of the immigration Pact of the UN, which generated a series of criticism s.” Migrants have rights, but each country is sovereign to set its own rules of migration,”he said, stressing that the decision of President Sebastián Piñera was”bold, clear, conscious of the interests of the country”. The Foreign Minister said that “since the beginning of this Government clear rules are set to have a safe, orderly migration and regulate”, to deal with a migration that was “uncontrolled and disorderly”. The Secretary of State reiterated that “Chile has the doors open to those who want to come to work, contribute and integrate into our society, but have the doors closed to those who come to commit crimes or violate laws, thats something to what this Government is not going to ren unciar”. Ampuero said that the text of United Nations “collides with the rule of Chile have a safe, orderly migration and regulate”, that it makes clear the distinction between a regular migrant and uneven one. Another reason for the rejection, explained the Foreign Minister is the Pact more flexible change of status, “that does not convince us as a country”. The Minister added that if well the agreement is not binding legally, “Chile will not adhere to anything that could be used in international courts against and that violates the sovereignty of the State of Chile”. With respect to questions from parliamentarians, the Chancellor said that “it is very strange to those who were in the previous Government and did nothing to order a chaotic migration process, come today to tear garments.”.

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