Lula is traveling to Egypt and Ethiopia to strengthen Brazil's connections with African countries. He visited the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar last year.
Officials said that municipal services provide emergency assistance to incoming Afghans with humanitarian visas. The airport has been receiving an influx of refugees from Afghanistan since 2021.
The Ministry of Justice and Public Security and the Ministry of Foreign Relations have decided to make the granting of temporary visas to Afghans conditional on vacancies in affiliated shelters. Experts and agents have expressed concern about the decision.
In 2022, the country received 50,355 requests, submitted by people from 139 nations—67% from Venezuela, 10.9% from Cuba, and 6.8% from Angola, making up 84.7% of the total.
The measure will benefit 3 thousand people. Today many Haitian refugees living in Brazil, welcomed by humanitarian actions, have to resort to Justice to bring their relatives.