COVID-19: Thousands of foreign workers stranded in Chile

Many of the workers are fruit pickers who are in limbo because their savings are gone and borders remain closed amid pandemic.

In Chile, thousands of foreign fruit pickers are stranded because their savings have gone and borders remain closed.

Many are from Bolivia, which does not have full diplomatic ties because of a long-running territorial dispute with its neighbour.

Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman reports from Santiago.

By Lucia Newman