Supreme Court protects migrant children and birth rate falls
Today's news highlights a key judicial ruling for the protection of migrant children and a warning about the low birth rate in the country. Additionally, Chile commemorates National Indigenous Peoples' Day, coinciding with the change of season.
The Supreme Court of Chile issued a historic ruling that reinforces the protection of migrant children, specifically regarding minors of Haitian nationality who entered the country on charter flights (privately contracted flights). The court upheld a writ of protection, establishing that the State must guarantee the rights of minors regardless of their migration status or the manner in which they arrived in the national territory.
In the field of health and demographics, the Society of Reproductive Medicine warned that Chile has reached a fertility rate of 0.98 children per woman, an alarming figure for population replacement. Dr. Abril Salinas warned that recovering these levels will take decades and criticized the lack of working groups between the Government and scientific societies to address this crisis, which affects the country's social and economic future.
Today, June 21, marks the celebration of National Indigenous Peoples' Day, a date that coincides with the winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere (the shortest day of the year). This moment marks the beginning of a new agricultural cycle for indigenous communities and is recognized by the State as a day to value the identity and history of the peoples who inhabited the territory before the formation of the Republic.
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