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Concerned over the growing number of illegal tourists, Brazil has said that it will no longer allow people from some Asian countries to stay in the country without a visa. Illegal immigrants use Brazil as a transit route to the United States. Brazil is upset that people prefer to go to the US over Brazil. Starting next week, Brazil will ban the entry of refugees from some Asian countries who are using the South American country to escape to the US and Canada. This information was given by the press office of the Ministry of Justice.
The change will take effect from August 26 and will affect Asian immigrants who need visas to stay in Brazil. Federal police investigations have revealed that these migrants often buy flight tickets that stop at Sao Paulo's international airport, but stop in Brazil and begin their journey north from there. Last year, there was a report that the number of Indians seeking asylum at the US border was on the rise.
this decision will be implemented
According to media reports, more than 70 percent of those seeking asylum at the airport are Indian, Nepalese or Vietnamese citizens. The ministry said that from next week, passengers who do not have visas will have to continue air travel or return to their country.
The road has become Brazil
Federal police officer Marinho da Silva Rezende Junior issued a report saying that the arrival of migrants at Guarulhos airport since the beginning of last year has caused “great unrest”. The report said that evidence suggests that most migrants are using the dangerous route from Sao Paulo, which leads to the western state of Acre. From there they travel through Peru and then Central America to reach the southern border of the US. In India it is called dunking.
According to media reports, the investigation revealed that the migrants who passed through the Amazon included people from Vietnam and India. Many of them later returned to Acre when they could not enter the US due to US border policies.
There is a crowd of foreigners at the airport
Brazil's Justice Ministry said the new guidelines would not apply to the 484 migrants currently held at Sao Paulo's international airport. Brazil's Justice Ministry said in a statement that Sao Paulo's international airport “is again facing a large number of foreign nationals who arrive on LATAM Airlines flights and cannot leave quickly, causing an additional workload on the Brazilian immigration system.”
The Justice Department said it would pressure airlines to provide basic necessities to migrants as they wait to apply for refugee status. “It is important that we decide quickly on these asylum requests so that the increased arrival of foreigners does not impact airport operations,” state prosecutor Guilherme Rocha Goffert said after a meeting at Sao Paulo’s international airport.
Brazil is open to refugees
According to a report, Brazil's federal police have received 9,082 asylum applications as of July 15 this year. This is double the number of the entire previous year and the most in a decade. Brazil has historically welcomed refugees. A large number of refugees have arrived from Afghanistan in recent years. But reports of people seeking refugee status by using Brazil to enter the US have caused frustration in the government, especially at a time when many people from Haiti, Syria, Afghanistan and Ukraine are seeking humanitarian visas. Between September 2021 and April 2024, Brazil issued 11,248 humanitarian visas to Afghans alone.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva decided to bring his country back into the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration at the start of his administration in January 2023. His administration has retained humanitarian visas, but the guidelines for them have become stricter.