RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil recorded an 88.3% drop in the number of refugees in 2021 compared to the previous year, according to data from the National Committee for Refugees (Conare).
In 2020, 26,653 were registered and in 2021, 3,093 refugees. In all, 54,004 refugees were recognized by the Committee, and about 21,000 had their registrations denied.
The country has refugees from 77 nationalities, with Venezuela in the first place accounting for 90.82% of the total cases.
The high number in 2020 occurred due to the flow of immigrants from Venezuela during the severe . . .
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