Chile’s migration boom has led to a major housing crisis

Chile’s healthy economy and political stability is drawing more and more economic migrants from across Latin America to pursue ’the Chilean Dream.’ The country’s foreign-born population has doubled in the last five years, reaching 500,000 migrants. And that number is expected to double again in the next decade. The rapid population growth has spurred a major housing crisis, as thousands of migrant families have been unable to afford a place to live. VICE News correspondent Daniel Hernandez meets camp re
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