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Montevideo, March 13th 2025 - 20:05 UTC

Tag: Operation Welcome

  • Monday, February 10th 2025 - 21:40 UTC

    Almost half of the migrants welcomed in Brazil were Venezuelan

    Operation Welcome was halted after Trump cut all funding to the United Nations agency handling the process

    Brazilian authorities confirmed that a total of 194,331 migrants arrived in South America's largest country last year, according to the 8th edition of the Migration Bulletin, published by the National Justice Secretariat (Senajus) Monday. Venezuelans topped the list with 94,726 people. As for refugees, ”Venezuela remains the main country of origin of recognized refugees (12,726), followed by Afghanistan (283) and Colombia (121),” the bulletin stated.