Últimas notícias Venezuelans

Indígenas venezuelanos, da etnia Warao, são acolhidos no abrigo Janokoida, em Pacaraima.
International

UN: Efforts to receive Venezuelans in Brazil now one year old

The protection and assistance activities under Operation Acolhida (Portuguese for “shelter”)—for Venezuelans coming to Brazil via Roraima state—are now celebrating their first anniversary.

Tabatinga (AM) - Simulação de acolhida de refugiados no Brasil, durante exercícios do AmazonLog 2017 (Antonio Cruz/Agência Brasil)
International

Seven Venezuelan deserters have fled to Brazil

Seven Venezuelan officials deserted their country’s Armed Forces in recent days and entered Brazil through the borders with Venezuela. The information was confirmed by the communication team of Operation Shelter (Operação Acolhida), spearheaded by the Brazilian Army.

Comitiva, Interministerial,Roraima
Human Rights

Gov’t shelter program for Venezuelans in Brazil extended

Operação Acolhida (Operation Shelter), which welcomes and resettles Venezuelan immigrants in Brazil, will be extended until March 2020, and frontiers with the neighboring country have been confirmed not to be shut down. The decision was announced Thursday (Jan.

O ministro do Desenvolvimento Social, Alberto Beltrame, o vice representante da ACNUR no Brasil, Federico Martínez assinam a renovação do acordo de cooperação para garantir acesso aos direitos socioassistenciais de refugiados e migrantes
Politics

Brazil, UNHCR renew deal on rights of Venezuelans

Brazil’s Social Development Ministry and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is renewing for another year today (Dec. 28) the cooperation deal ensuring the social and assistance rights of Venezuelan immigrants to housing and employment.

Army soldiers patrol on a street next to people from Venezuela after checking their passports or identity cards at the Pacaraima border control, Roraima state, Brazil August 19, 2018. Picture taken August 19, 2018. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
Human Rights

Armed Forces to stay in Roraima until December

The Brazilian Armed Forces will stay in the northern state of Roraima until the end of the year to protect the settlements and activities related to the sheltering of Venezuelan refugees. A presidential decree postponing the end of the period was published Tuesday (Oct.