São Paulo – The Brazilian president Michel Temer said this Monday (19) in New York City that the National Congress is reviewing a new migrations law and that welcoming refugees is a “shared” responsibility of all countries.
“Our goal is to guarantee rights, to facilitate inclusion, and to not criminalize migration. Our law will include provisions on the humanitarian visa – which has been used to the benefit of almost 85,000 Haitian citizens after the 2010 earthquake, and of 2,300 people fleeing the Syrian conflict,” Agência Brasil quoted Temer as saying at the plenary of the United Nations General Assembly’s High-Level Plenary Meeting on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants.
Tuesday (20) will see him deliver the keynote address of the 71st UN General Assembly. The speech is traditionally delivered by the head of the Brazilian delegation.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
