{"id":49980,"date":"2015-01-13T19:09:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T21:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/escaesco.com.br\/lab\/anba\/most-asylum-seekers-in-brazil-are-syrian\/"},"modified":"2019-06-30T17:04:08","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T20:04:08","slug":"most-asylum-seekers-in-brazil-are-syrian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/most-asylum-seekers-in-brazil-are-syrian\/","title":{"rendered":"Most asylum-seekers in Brazil are Syrian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S&atilde;o Paulo &ndash; The majority of people whose asylum requests were accepted in Brazil in 2014 were Syrian, and total requests accepted were an all-time high. According to results released last Monday (12th) by the Brazilian Ministry of Justice&rsquo;s National Refugee Committee (Conare), 2,320 people were granted asylum in the country in 2014; 1,405 of them were Syrian. In 2013, 651 requests were accepted, and 199 in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Conare reports that the number of asylum applications filed also grew, from 1,138 in 2011 to 8,302 last year.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Conare chairman and national secretary of Justice, Paulo Abr&atilde;o, more requests were accepted because measures were taken to streamline processing and cut down on paperwork. Presently, Brazil is home to 6,492 refugees from more than 80 countries.<\/p>\n<p>Asylum applications are reviewed at meetings of the Conare, comprising delegates from the Federal Police, ministries of Justice, External Relations, Education, Labour and Employment, and Health, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Unhcr) and the Archdiocesan Caritas in S&atilde;o Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the Ministry of Justice has informed that 2014 saw a &ldquo;substantial&rdquo; increase in number of asylum requests made by Muslims and Haitians. The latter have been given permanent residence in humanitarian character.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A third migratory phenomenon seen in 2014 was the arrival of Syrians as a result of conflict in the Middle East. In order to protect these nationals, Conare issued a resolution to speed up the process of recognition of Syrian asylum-seekers in Brazil,&rdquo; the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>Syria has been in civil war since 2011. This conflict caused the number of Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries and elsewhere in the world to soar. <\/p>\n<p>Lebanese nationals were the second most numerous group to be given asylum in Brazil in 2014, at 361. The list of ten countries with the most applications accepted also includes the Democratic Republic of Congo (174), Palestine (102), Mali (102), Nigeria (34), Colombia (29), Guinea-Conakry (24), Iraq (14) and Cameroon (13).<\/p>\n<p>The ten countries with the most refugees in Brazil are Syria (1,739), Angola (1,071), Colombia (834), Democratic Republic of Congo (799), Lebanon (393), Liberia (258), Iraq (235), Palestine (219), Bolivia (145) and Sierra Leone (137).<\/p>\n<p><strong>*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-178230\">Press Release\/Unhcr<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The country granted asylum to 2,320 foreigners last year; 1,405 were from Syria. 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