At least 8 days of the expiration of the regularization plan of foreigners in irregular migration situation in Chile (July 22), nearly 16,000 Haitians enrolled in this plan, risk deportation after that date, failing to receive the required documents from the Haitian Government, despite the request in good standing and the payment to the Embassy of Haiti in Chile https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-28187-haiti-flash-thousands-of-haitians-in-chile-at-risk-of-deportation.html

The Ministry of Haitians Living Abroad (MHAVE) in a note dated July 11, reports its inability to help Haitian nationals who face a problem of documents. The MHAVE says it worries about the fate of the countrymen threatened with expulsion from Chile, but explains that it is not able to act for lack of budget...

A situation that is reminiscent of what happened in the Dominican Republic in 2015 where tens of thousands of Haitians were unable to regularize, the Haitian Government did not provide them with the documents of identities required, repeatedly promised but never delivered... https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-14080-icihaiti-social-tens-of-thousands-of-haitians-in-dr-abandoned-by-haiti.html

Since his arrival in power, Conservative President Sebastián Piñera has tightened the conditions for obtaining work and residence visas for foreigners in Chile. In particular, those from Haiti who must obtain an entry VISA https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-24055-haiti-flash-chile-requires-a-visa-for-haitians.html

On July 11, the Repatriated and Refugee Support Group (GARR) met with Haiti's Ambassador accredited to Haiti, Patricio Utreras, to learn what will happen to many compatriots in Chile who will not managed to regularize their files passed on July 22, 2019 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-28225-haiti-chile-the-chilean-ambassador-tries-to-reassure-on-massive-deportations-of-haitians.html and urged the Haitian authorities concerned to speed up the process of documentation of migrants to prevent their deportation.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-28225-haiti-chile-the-chilean-ambassador-tries-to-reassure-on-massive-deportations-of-haitians.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-28187-haiti-flash-thousands-of-haitians-in-chile-at-risk-of-deportation.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-24055-haiti-flash-chile-requires-a-visa-for-haitians.html

SL/ HaitiLibre