Peru deploys military to Chile border to address migrant crisis.

Peru is sending 700 soldiers and police officers to its border with Chile as hundreds of undocumented migrants seeking to enter Peru are stuck on the frontier. The migrants, many of whom are seeking to continue on towards their home country of Venezuela, have been living in makeshift camps for weeks in the Atacama Desert, facing deteriorating conditions and shortages of water and basic services. Chile has ramped up restrictions on people living in the country without legal documentation, prompting an increase in the number of those seeking to leave. Amnesty International has accused the Chilean and Peruvian authorities of needlessly aggravating the situation, turning it into a humanitarian crisis that increases the risk to the lives and safety of these people.