Tag: Migration

• Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 10:18 UTC

  Argentina launches migration opportunity for Non-Mercosur nationals

  

  Argentina's Migrations Directorate has announced new rules for nationals of non-Mercosur countries wishing to settle in the South American country, thus giving incoming foreigners a 90-day window to regularize their legal status.

• Saturday, April 30th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Presidents Biden, López Obrador discuss migration over the phone

  

  US President Joseph Biden and his Mexican colleague Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) were reported Friday to have had a “very constructive and cordial” telephone conversation, according to White House sources.

• Monday, April 4th 2022 - 09:39 UTC

  Argentina back to pre-pandemic migration requirements

  

  The Government of Argentina has decreed a return to the prepandemic status regarding border controls. Travelers will have now the same requirements as before March 2020, Interior Minister Wado de Pedro and Migrations Director Florencia Carignano announced.

• Saturday, February 19th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Interior Minister wants Chile's northern borders fully closed

  

  Chile's Interior Minister Rodrigo Delgado wants to close the country's northern border as a new stage of the “state of exception” already in force in four provinces where the migration crisis is escalating.

• Thursday, February 17th 2022 - 21:08 UTC

  State of Emergency decreed in northern Chile to deal with irregular migration

  

  Chile's government has decreed a State of Exception in the country's northern region to address the migration crisis, which has resulted in both an increase in crime and in acts of xenophobia, it was announced.

• Wednesday, February 2nd 2022 - 23:38 UTC

  Thousands of Venezuelan migrant fans were present in the stands at Montevideo’s Centenario stadium in a football match

  

  The Uruguayan national won on Tuesday afternoon against Venezuela for the 16th date of the South American qualifiers in search of a qualifying place in the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The Venezuelan national team, although away and with no chance of qualifying, played this match with significant support from fans at the stadium that started to live it since the team arrived in the country last Monday.

• Monday, January 31st 2022 - 09:47 UTC

  Chileans in Iquique stage xenophobic protest against Venezuelan migrants

  

  Xenophobic violence is on the rise in the Chilean area of Iquique and it is specifically targeted at Venezuelan migrants. Iquique is where most undocumented migrants reach from Bolivia.

• Tuesday, January 25th 2022 - 20:59 UTC

  Cubans keep flocking into Uruguay seeking asylum

  

  The number of Cubans entering Uruguay through the land crossings from Brazil is noticeably on the rise, it was reported Tuesday. According to press reports, so far this year 135 people of that nationality have crossed through the Rivera pass from Santana do Livramento at an average of six individuals daily. Uruguayan Migrations authorities have reported that of the 135 who came in only two went out at a later date. Many of them were carrying the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which added to the migrant services overwhelming.

• Monday, January 24th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Haitian migrants stranded at Santiago's airport in Chile

  

  A group of 23 Haitian migrants were stranded Sunday at Santiago's Arturo Merino Benítez international airport where they have filed for refugee status but nevertheless fear local authorities might deport them back to their country of origin where all lives are “at-risk” due to the ongoing crisis, according to Rodolfo Noriega of the local Migrant Ombudsman's Office.

• Monday, December 20th 2021 - 09:48 UTC

  Mexico tightens travel requirements on South American visitors

  

  Mexican migration authorities have decided over the past few days to reinstate a visa requirement for travelers from Venezuela, Ecuador, and Brazil after it was detected large numbers of those alleged tourists were seeking to go on by land and try to cross into the United States.