A new migrant policy seeking to regulate the number of migrants who come to Chile may be deported if they do not legalize their status by July 22. The policy affects the 179,338 Haitians currently residing in Chile, where they make up the largest population of foreigners in the country.

It’s one of the migrations that have grown the most in Chile in recent years, with 731% between 2013 and 2016, a period in which the arrival of 41,000 people is estimated. Prior to 2013, some 4,000 Haitian immigrants were estimated while In the 2002 census, the Haitian population living in Chile was only 50 people.