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.
The support provided by UNHCR and IOM will make it possible to raise awareness among refugees and immigrants regarding the importance of participating in the census.
The initiative comprises moving from shelters in Roraima state—where Brazil shares national borders with Venezuela—to shelter and integration centers in the target city, family and social reunion, and an appointed job spot.
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.