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Chile Probes Missing Haitian Children Amid Reunion Surge

6/20/2026

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Chile launched a probe after dozens of Haitian children placed in family reunification homes were missing.
The foreign ministry is supplying all requested data to prosecutors and reviewing consular procedures in Haiti.
Prosecutors opened the case following a sharp rise in Haitian minor arrivals early in 2025.
From Jan 1 to Apr 30, 2025, about 2,800 Haitians entered Chile under family reunification, half on charter flights by small Caribbean airlines.

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Chile launched a probe after dozens of Haitian children placed in family reunification homes were missing.
The foreign ministry is supplying all requested data to prosecutors and reviewing consular procedures in Haiti.
Prosecutors opened the case following a sharp rise in Haitian minor arrivals early in 2025.
From Jan 1 to Apr 30, 2025, about 2,800 Haitians entered Chile under family reunification, half on charter flights by small Caribbean airlines.