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The 7th of november of this year, the government of Chile started a plan called "Humanitarian Return Plan", that consists in flights paid by the state to take back voruntarily Haitian immigrants, that have a precarious situation in Chile, to their country.
The first flight was on november 7th with 176 Haitian as passangers, and the second flight was on november 26th in which returned 179 people to their country, Haití, with a commitment of not comming back to Chile in 9 years time.
The people from the government have told that this measure was carried out because lots of people from this specific country, have had a lot of troubles and obstacles to get a job and to settle down in Chile, and not because they are taking them out.
In my opinion, this situation is a much bigger problem and it won't end with the departure of these people. The fact that they had to make the decision to leave the country they had just arrived in search of better jobs opportunities, without getting them and living in conditions of extreme poverty, only shows some of the discrimination of which they are victims for being foreign.
I think Chile is not yet prepared to accept the migratory phenomenon as a benefit for their culture because it is still a racist and xenophobic country.
The first flight was on november 7th with 176 Haitian as passangers, and the second flight was on november 26th in which returned 179 people to their country, Haití, with a commitment of not comming back to Chile in 9 years time.
The people from the government have told that this measure was carried out because lots of people from this specific country, have had a lot of troubles and obstacles to get a job and to settle down in Chile, and not because they are taking them out.
In my opinion, this situation is a much bigger problem and it won't end with the departure of these people. The fact that they had to make the decision to leave the country they had just arrived in search of better jobs opportunities, without getting them and living in conditions of extreme poverty, only shows some of the discrimination of which they are victims for being foreign.
I think Chile is not yet prepared to accept the migratory phenomenon as a benefit for their culture because it is still a racist and xenophobic country.
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