Peru Declares State ofโ emergency, Deploys Troopsโฃ to โBorder with Chileโ Amid Migration Concerns
Tacna, Peru – November 29, 2023 – peru hasโข declared a 60-day state of emergency and is deploying militaryโข personnel to its border with Chile in anticipation โคof โขa potential influx of migrants.The โขmeasure, effective immediately, applies to the border districts ofโข Palca, Tacna, andโ La Yarada-Los Palos โฃin the Tacna region (south)โข of Peru.
The declaration comes as migrants attempt to โฃcross into Peru, reportedly due toโข concerns overโฃ the potential victory of โfar-rightโ presidential candidate Josรฉ Antonio Kastโ in Chile’s upcoming December 14th election. Kast has pledged to expel approximately 330,000โฃ undocumentedโ immigrants, many of whom are Venezuelan, blaming them for rising insecurity.
Peruvian โคInterior Minister Vicente Tiburcio, who traveled to the border in Tacna, โconfirmedโ the 60-day duration of the state of emergency in a statementโ to RPP radio. fifty Army soldiers are being deployed “immediately” to the Santa Rosa โborder post, with anotherโค 50 scheduled to arrive in early December.
The decree also citesโ a โneed to “combat crime and other situations of violence,” with theโ National โPoliceโค of Peru maintainingโข control of โฃinternal order with the support โof โคthe Armed Forces.
Chile’s Ministerโค of Security, โLuis โCordero, has acknowledged a “concentration of migrants” attempting to leave Chile and enter Peru, though he did not specifyโข the โnumber involved. โ Images broadcast by Radio Tacna show migrants, includingโข families with children, gathering near the border โฃcrossing.
