Governor of Tarapacá questioned the measures on migration announced by Rodrigo Delgado to combat the crisis in the north: “It is totally insufficient”

The Tarapacá region is going through a migration and security crisis, which has provoked demonstrations in the city of Iquique to demand that the Government pronounce itself and take action on the matter.
Given this, the Minister of the Interior, Rodrigo Delgado, traveled to the capital of Tarapacá to meet with different social actors and plan proposals to combat the problems in the region.
Although the measures announced by the Secretary of State, such as greater staffing of Carabineros and intervention in critical neighborhoods, did not leave all the authorities satisfied. The governor of the region, José Miguel Carvajal, was critical of the proposals announced by the central government.
“Regarding migration, it seems to me that it is totally insufficient. I was categorical with the minister: it seems to me that it is a mistake not to attend the border, I think that is where we must mainly pay attention, it is not possible that today we worry about what is happening in Iquique, but this situation continues on the border, uncontrolled, with an important income of many people who come to seek support, but many others come to commit crimes,” Carvajal said.
In addition, he said that he informed the minister about the deplorable functioning of the shelters located in the region and the urgency of controlling the people who enter the country daily through Colchane.
“Obviously, the government of Sebastián Piñera has no possibility of considering a strategy for the integration of the families we have and that is one of the red notes that this government takes, not having had the ability not only not to be able to implement the immigration law, but also not to evaluate an integration strategy,” Added.
Finally, the regional authority expressed to Delgado the economic needs that the territory needs in terms of security.
“We have needs close to 19 billion pesos and that was presented, each of the projects that the region has, so, if we want to combat the insecurity that exists, let’s talk about resources to acquire equipment, technology and there we could make an advance that, I hope, can be collected by the minister, can evaluate it with the undersecretary and reach some good news in these weeks that remain, regarding an injection of resources from the Ministry of the Interior, for the region,” Carvajal concluded.

Original source in Spanish