Latin America Offers Safe Haven to Refugees Fleeing War-Torn Syria Xinhua News Agency
go to original September 10, 2015

At least four countries in Latin America, including Chile, Brazil, Venezuela and Paraguay, have expressed their willingness to take in more refugees from the Middle East.

Latin American countries have offered refuges to Syrian families fleeing violence in their homeland while Europe grappled with the arrival of hundreds of thousands of mainly Middle Easterners displaced by U.S.-led direct or indirect military interventions in the region.

Chile's President Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday said "we are going to work ... to be able to take in an important number of the refugees, because we understand that the tragedy is a tragedy for all humanity."

Following her announcement, Chilean Foreign Minister Heraldo Munoz said the government would devise a "feasible plan as soon as possible, but to do these things right requires time."

Local media reported Chile was considering initially offering haven to between 100 and 150 Syrian families. The Syrian community in Chile currently numbers 80,000, Cuban news agency Prensa Latina reported, adding that the number "will undoubtedly increase soon."

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