On Thursday, the Chilean Government of President Sebastián Piñera announced a plan for the voluntary return of Haitian migrants to their country. This measure known as the "Orderly Humanitarian Return Plan" is intended for Haitians wishing to return to Haiti after being deceived by smugglers of migrants in Chile who did not keep their promises when they arrived or who have not found a job.

William Pierre, spokesman for the Haitian community in Chile, said "Many Haitians who were consulted, said they want to return to Haiti. There are thousands of unemployed Haitians who want to return to the country [...] They do not find a fixed job and because of the language barrier, they prefer to come back and ask for help from the Government, because they are all lost..."

Rodrigo Ubilla, charged by President Piñera to carrying out and designing this plan explained "In September, we will define the conditions of this program, so that we can move forward as quickly as possible and inform the community through its organizations, so that they can disseminate, socialize and explain this program to their nationals [...] we will consider government support for transport and air transport in Haiti. We will see the most economical way, but always in the logic of a decent transport to ensure the respect and the dignity of each person to voluntarily take the decision to return to his country of origin."

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See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-25381-haiti-flash-family-reunification-in-chile-iom-opens-its-first-visa-service-center-in-haiti.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-24839-haiti-flash-visa-available-for-family-reunification-in-chile.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-24387-haiti-social-the-number-of-haitian-migrants-to-chile-drops-by-62.html

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

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-23276-haiti-flash-nearly-105-000-haitians-arrived-in-chile-in-2017.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-21970-haiti-flash-equivalence-of-haitian-studies-in-chile.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-21709-haiti-social-mass-arrival-of-haitian-migrants-chile-preoccupied.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-21900-haiti-social-more-than-85-000-haitians-have-migrated-to-brazil-chile-and-argentina.html

SL/ HaitiLibre