Chile-Peru border crisis: Hundreds stranded, unable to return to Venezuela

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00:00 This confrontation has lasted for days.

00:03 Hundreds of migrants are gathered at the border between Chile and Peru.

00:07 Police are preventing them from crossing.

00:09 The majority have lived in Chile and are trying to return to their home countries.

00:14 This woman wants to go back to Venezuela with her children.

00:18 "We're not asking for anything, we're not asking for the world.

00:22 We just want to go to Venezuela.

00:24 Let us through, please.

00:25 I have three children."

00:27 Slightly further away, others don't understand why they're being blocked.

00:34 "I'm not going to go through the desert, nor am I going to run because I'm not a criminal.

00:40 And as a human being, I deserve the opportunity to reach my destination, my country.

00:45 Nobody can deny me the right to go back home."

00:49 The exodus comes after Chile toughened up its migratory policies in April.

00:54 In response, Peru has declared a state of emergency.

00:58 When announcing the measure, President Dino Bolwarte blamed migrants for criminal acts.

01:03 "The national police will maintain control of internal order with the support of the

01:10 armed forces."

01:11 As for Chile, the mayor of Arica, a city that borders Peru, has pledged to provide resources

01:18 to the migrants gathered there.

01:20 In addition, the head of Chile's lower house of congress has called for a humanitarian

01:25 corridor to allow migrants to get safely back to Venezuela.

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