São Paulo – The United Nations Higher Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) promoted, this week, the training of professionals to operate in the National Committee for Refugees (Conare), in Brasília. They will be responsible for evaluation of requests for asylum in the country, granting support to decisions by the Conare, which is connected to the Ministry of Justice.
"It is a moment of shared coexistence between those in charge of reaffirming the human dignity of these foreigners,” said the general coordinator at the Conare, Renato Zerbini. This year the Brazilian law for refugees celebrates its 15 anniversary.
Brazil has around 4,500 refugees of over 70 different nationalities. Most are of African origin, 63.77%, from the Americas (23.18%) and Asia (10.76%). The most represented countries are Angola, Colombia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
*Translated by Mark Ament
