Date Time Share In dialogue with Chile, Committee on Migrant Workers welcomes poositive developments but flags issues related to expulsions OHCHR Situation of Haitians and Venezuelans, as well as new migration law also discussed The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Chile on its implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families. Committee Experts noted that the new migration law would put into effect a complete paradigm shift, and welcomed positive changes it would enact, in line with the Convention, notably article 69. They addressed the Colchane Plan and the two related sets of expulsions that had taken place in Iquique in February, involving hundreds of individuals, including Venezuelans. Experts stressed that the Convention forbade collective expulsions; family and other aspects must be considered on an individual basis. Could the delegation provide details on how these principles had been upheld? Appeals should suspend expulsion proceedings, which had reportedly not been the case for these expulsions.