Paul Moss

It's a choice between a communist and a candidate of the far right.

People in Chile are heading to the polls on Sunday for the country's presidential election.

The Communist Party's candidate is Yanet Jara.

And from the far right, we have candidate José Antonio Kast.

While Jara narrowly won the first round, Kast has been the frontrunner for the final stage, with immigration and crime dominating the election campaign.

Our South America correspondent, Ione Wells, has been asking people in the capital, Santiago, what's at stake?

Saturday morning in a sunny Santiago and I'm with Carlos Luis Gonzalez.

For us, the migrant workforce is very important because, like me, they come here eager to work.

It's harder for migrants to change jobs.

If they have a work contract visa, they have to stay at the same job until the visa is issued to get a permanent visa.

We fear if CAST wins, there'll be a problem regularising migrants.

In 2023, the number of foreigners living in Chile was up by 46% compared to 2018.

Official estimates suggest about 336,000 people live here undocumented, many from Venezuela.

Gabriel Funes is a Venezuelan who works as a waiter.

He moved four years ago.

He's applied for a visa, but he's still had no response from the government.

I left Venezuela because the country was in a very, very bad economic situation.

I got a temporary Chilean ID so I can contribute to social security and pay taxes here.

I submitted the paperwork to the Chilean immigration office, but I still haven't received a response.

My payments go into a friend's account.