US EditionPeru's president to declare border state of emergency to prevent entry of undocumented migrants
Peru deploys armed forces to its southern border to control a surge of Venezuelan migrants fleeing Chile amid heightened anti-immigrant rhetoric, with about 100 migrants reported waiting to cross.
- On Friday, President José Jaré announced Peru would declare a state of emergency along its southern border with Chile and deploy Peruvian armed forces after inspecting controls and convening his Cabinet.
- José Antonio Kast's campaign rhetoric has heightened anti-immigrant sentiment, as he warned last week migrants `You have 111 days to leave Chile voluntarily,` threatening detention and expulsion.
- Peruvian media soon showed images of Venezuelan migrants rushing north from Chile with backpacks and garbage bags, while residents in Chile's northern border towns reported growing chaos as many were stranded.
- Peru said its main purpose is to prevent a humanitarian crisis amid no clear figure for migrants leaving Chile, a country home to 18.5 million people facing increased xenophobia.
- But scores of people are now headed in the other direction as Chile prepares to harden its stance against immigration, and Chilean Minister of Security Luis Cordero said rhetoric sometimes has consequences.
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Peru to Declare Emergency at Border Over Influx of Migrants
President José Jerí of Peru said his government on Friday would declare a state of emergency along the country's southern border and deploy more armed forces to the area as a large number of Venezuelan migrants venture north from Chile, where anti-immigrant sentiment has surged during a fraught presidential campaign....
Peru declared a state of emergency on the border with Chile and announced that it will strengthen customs controls with military personnel in anticipation of a wave of undocumented migrants, as well as to deal with crime, according to a decree approved by the government on Friday.
Peruvian President José Jerí said he is pushing forward plans to declare a state of emergency while migrants block the country’s southern border with Chile, from where undocumented foreigners are apparently fleeing a threat of repression against migration. “Our borders must be respected,” Jerí said in an X-post on Friday. Jerí added that immigration and police authorities will step up identity controls to guarantee public safety, a measure that …
Peru will declare a state of emergency on its border with Chile due to a surge in migrants trying to enter the country, Peruvian President Jose Herrera has announced.
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