Tag: Venezuelan refugees

• Saturday, August 7th 2021 - 07:43 UTC

  Brazil extends until December 2022 waiver to Venezuelan migrants who seek refuge

  

  The Government of Brazil has extended until 2022 a waiver whereby Venezuelans seeking shelter may find it easier to settle in South America's largest country, it was announced Friday.

• Monday, August 19th 2019 - 08:51 UTC

  UN Refugee Commissioner appeals for more humanitarian aid for Venezuelans fleeing the Maduro regime

  

  United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi appealed on Sunday for more humanitarian aid for Venezuelan refugees pouring into neighbouring countries where they are overwhelming social services and sparking local tensions.

• Monday, February 12th 2018 - 16:01 UTC

  Temer talks of “diplomatic confrontation” with Maduro over exodus of Venezuelans

  

  Brazilian President Michel Temer criticized the government of neighboring Venezuela for leading that country into a crisis that is causing an exodus of refugees into northern Brazil. Brasilia has called for democratic reforms by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who has consolidated power as his country’s economic crisis deepens with shortages of food and medicine.

• Thursday, May 18th 2017 - 10:36 UTC

  Brazil faces humanitarian crisis in Venezuelan border as thousands spill over

  

  Brazil is concerned about growing numbers of refugees spilling over its border from Venezuela and is creating a plan to deal with a possible mass influx if the crisis in Venezuela worsens, Brazilian Defense Minister Raul Jungmann said on Wednesday.