The number of undocumented migrants in Chile has exploded in recent years, going from an estimated 10,000 in 2018 to around 330,000 by 2024, according to Chile's National Migration Service Rodrigo ARANGUA

Along Chile's desert border with Peru, dozens of undocumented migrants line up under the hot sun to try to seek a way out of the country.

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Kast has vowed to expel hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants from Chile, prompting residents hailing from Venezuela and other parts of Latin America to seek refuge elsewhere before the crackdown.

"Kast said he was going to remove foreigners who have not been regularized," Milbayajaira Rivas, a 56-year-old nurse originally from Venezuela, told AFP.

Neighboring Peru would be one option, but the Peruvian government on Friday de

Hugo

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