Chilean Bishop Urges Empathetic Response to Irregular Migrants

The new Chilean government should act with empathy toward irregular migrants, not prioritize deportation, said Bishop Moisés Atisha, head of the country’s Catholic migration institute. Writing to the president, he advocated regularizing migration status and creating an advisory body on migration.

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