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Peru Tightens Migration Enforcement With 1,807 Operations and 2,353 Expulsion Orders

Officials frame the push as a public security measure to keep migration orderly.

Overview

  • The National Superintendency of Migration reported 1,807 verification operations in the first quarter of 2026 in joint work with the National Police.
  • Those actions led to 30,086 foreign nationals being stopped for checks across the country.
  • Authorities issued 2,353 administrative expulsion orders and confirmed 759 have been carried out under due process, with police handling execution.
  • Efforts centered on border regions such as Tumbes, Piura, Puno, and Tacna, and on cities with many migrants including Lima, Trujillo, Arequipa, Cusco, and Huancayo.
  • To close gaps in the Amazon, Migraciones announced new checkpoints in Loreto named Yarana and Tigre near the tri-border area to track irregular routes and coordinate faster with other agencies.