© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An undocumented migrant hangs garments on a makeshift clothesline as migrants stay caught in Chile after Peru refused to open its borders to migrants, in Chacalluta space, Arica, Chile Might 6, 2023. REUTERS/Hugo Curotto/File Picture
(Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities rejected a flight of Venezuelans expelled from Chile attempting to enter the nation, a high Chilean official mentioned on Thursday.
Chile had chartered a airplane to return the Venezuelans to their nation of origin, “but a single decision by the Venezuelan aeronautical authority ruined everything,” Chilean Deputy Inside Minister Manuel Monsalve advised information program 24 Horas.
“They said, ‘No, I do not authorize the flight to Venezuela,'” he added.
Venezuela’s data ministry didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
To flee Venezuela’s extended financial and political disaster, no less than 7.7 million Venezuelans have left the nation in recent times, with round 444,000 settling in Chile, in line with the United Nations Excessive Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Monsalve, who didn’t say what number of Venezuelans had been on the flight, mentioned the choice to ship them again additionally relied on the Venezuelan authorities.
He added that, per Chilean legislation, if the expulsion was not carried out inside 5 days, then the Venezuelans could be launched.
