The government of Peru announced this Wednesday that it will present to Congress a bill that proposes increasing the causes for expelling foreigners who engage in conduct outside the law from the country, a measure that they say is part of the efforts to combat the citizen insecurity.
“We have approved the bill that modifies the legislative decree on migration regarding the expulsion of foreign citizens who are illegally in the country or who have behaved outside the law,” said the Prime Minister, Aníbal Torres, in a press conference on the latest decisions taken by the Council of Ministers.
The head of the ministerial cabinet insisted that this legal initiative is proposed in the context of citizen insecurity, which “concerns” and against which the government, he assured, is “battled intensely.”
Measures for the expulsion of foreigners
Torres specified that among the added causes for the expulsion of foreigners is the non-compliance with current health regulations in Peru, such as mandatory vaccination against covid-19, as well as the omission of an identity document.
The measure also proposes to deport those migrants found to have firearms or explosives without authorization, drugs or narcotics, and those who drive motorized transport without the relevant permit or vehicles without proving their ownership or assignment.
“We have to enforce the principle of authority in Peru (…) that is why it is established that whoever disobeys or resists authority (…) will be punished with imprisonment for not less than three nor more than six years” added the lawyer.
The prime minister said he hopes that Congress “approves as soon as possible” this measure, which is in line with what has been raised repeatedly by the president, Pedro Castillo, who in his first message to the Nation, when he assumed power in July of last year, he said that “foreign criminals” would have “72 hours to leave the country.”