Original Blog Entry: Chile will not sign UN migratory pact: Government rejects that migrating is a human right

konane — Sun, 09 Dec 2018 20:50:02 GMT

This article is in Spanish so please use a translator.

Chile will not sign UN migratory pact: Government rejects that migrating is a human right

The Government of Chile will not sign the Global Compact for Migration promoted by the United Nations (UN), and joins other countries such as the United States and Israel, who will not support the document that will be validated by more than 180 countries in the summit of Marrakech, Morocco, this week.

The government maintains that in the UN agreement there is no difference between regular and irregular migration and questioned the idea that immigration is a human right, details the newspaper El Mercurio.

The global initiative, precisely seeks to protect the human rights of those who cross borders to have a better quality of life.

Our position is clear. We say that migration is not a human right . The right is for the countries to define the entry conditions for foreign citizens, said Undersecretary of the Interior Rodrigo Ubilla, adding that if it were a human right, then we are in a world without borders . We firmly believe in the human rights of migrants, but not that migrating is a human right . ....

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