07/08/2021 11:11
Clarín.com
Society
Updated 07/08/2021 11:11
The organization Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday asked the Government for information on the thousands of Argentines who are stranded abroad due to the restrictions it imposed by limiting the number of people who can enter the country.
From Amnesty they indicated that the objective is "to know the consequences" of the
quota of 600 passengers a day
imposed by the Executive two weeks ago.
It was through a statement in which they request information from the Head of Cabinet of the Nation, the Ministry of the Interior and the Chancellery, as well as a request for a meeting with the Chief of Cabinet, Santiago Cafiero, and with the Minister of the Interior, Eduardo "Wado" from Pedro, to "dialogue and provide
input from a human rights perspective
."
Passengers who returned to the country from Miami.
Photo: Fernando de la Orden.
"Since the beginning of the pandemic, Amnesty International documents the initiatives implemented to curb the spread of the virus, with the aim of ensuring that they comply with international human rights standards. Currently, the organization is surveying the cases of different people stranded abroad to
find out the impact on their rights
and will forward that information to the authorities, "the text highlights.
The statement adds that "international law provides
exceptions to freedom of movement to protect public health
in extraordinary situations", but any measure of this type must be "proportionate, strictly limited and necessary, and must not be perpetuated indefinitely in time." .
On June 26, the Government established a quota of 600 daily seats for the re-entry into the national territory of Argentines, Argentines and residents who are abroad, through passenger flights, to prevent the entry of new cases of the Delta variant of covid-19.
According to official information, at least 10,000 people left the country the week prior to the implementation of the measure.
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