The trickle of Venezuelans crossing into Peru from Chile is triggering a political furor and a border crackdown – a sign that authorities fear it’s the start of a flood out of Latin America’s most anti-immigrant country.
It all started last week when Chile’s presidential frontrunner, José Antonio Kast, visited the desert border and issued a warning to undocumented migrants: leave in the next few months or be expelled.
“If you don’t go on your own, we’ll detain you, we’ll expel you, and you’ll leave with only the clothes on your back,” he said on November 20.
Within days, the Peruvian press was interviewing migrants heading north across the border.
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