Brazil’s National Committee for Refugees (Conare), of the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, has granted refugee status to 21,432 Venezuelans who settled in Brazil after escaping the economic crisis and political instability assailing their country.
Brazil has made a series of significant strides in the enforcement of the rights of children and adolescents, and the results of policies on health care and education are seen reflected among immigrants in this age group.
The Brazilian government wants to expand the number of cities welcoming Venezuelan immigrants and refugees.
For the first time, Brazil applied the criteria in the expanded definition of refuge as set forth by the Cartagena Declaration on its decision to grant refugee status to 174 Venezuelans last week.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has just launched a campaign dubbed #GenteDaGente in Brazil to show that refugees are like any other people.
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