The presidential candidate of the New Social Pact, Yasna Provoste, criticized President Sebastián Piñera for the migration crisis facing the north of the country. “The government cannot continue to ignore the need to take charge of the humanitarian crisis that the Tarapacá region is facing,” said the senator.
“A few years ago Sebastián Piñera in the international press called on migrants to come to Chile. Now he expels them with violence and has them in inhumane, unsanitary conditions. Slogging up the international image of our country in passing,” Provoste said in a video.
“I support the request of the mayor of Iquique, Mauricio Soria. It’s something as simple as saying to the President: Keep your commitments!”
“Let the government accept international aid and create a large shelter. That the people who enter our country have a review of immigration and health issues, but that it is not Iquique and the northern communes that have to house migrants in squares and streets without any conditions, “added the former president of the Senate.
“Expulsions are an unworkable response. There needs to be a response that is not only humanitarian, but also reasonable. You cannot evict those who are already evicted, you cannot expel those who have already been expelled from their territory, and you cannot exclude those who are already excluded,” Provoste concluded.
