Bolsonaro rejects migration pact: "Brazil is sovereign and decides who comes into our home"

Bolsonaro rejects migration pact: “Brazil is sovereign and decides who comes into our home”

Thursday, January 10th 2019 - 06:18 UTC

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Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro reaffirmed his rejection of a global migration pact, saying decisions about who was able to come into his country need to be “sovereign.” His comments, posted in a series of messages on his Twitter account, reinforced Bolsonaro's declaration before he took office last week that he was going to pull Brazil out of the migration compact that was endorsed by the UN General Assembly in December. Read full article

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imoyaro
The reality is that all states have the right to decide who enters their country.
Jan 10th, 2019 - 07:07 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Chicureo
Until most recently, Chile was accepting a plane full each day of immigrants from Haiti. One of the “brilliant” decisions of our previous president. We've always been a open welcoming country, but now the majority of the people here are fed up with the UN accord.
Jan 10th, 2019 - 12:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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REF: “Brazil is sovereign and decides who comes into our home”

Shouldn't he be more worried about the Brazilians leaving Brazil in increasingly larger numbers for “GOOD”? Or shouldn't the refugees be permitted to replace the fleeing Brazilians?
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/why-brazils-best-and-brightest-are-fleeing-in-thousands/news-story/dbc438b58c62025db030a224909168c2
Jan 16th, 2019 - 07:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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