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Montevideo, November 22nd 2024 - 09:13 UTC

Tag: Global Pact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

  • Thursday, January 10th 2019 - 06:18 UTC

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

    The stance aligns Bolsonaro with US President Donald Trump, with both leaders dismissing any multilateral approach to immigration for their countries

    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.