Migrant families exceed shelter capacity in Mexican border cities
Shelters and churches that support migrants in the Mexican border city of Matamoros are at the limit of their capacity,...
June 30, 2021Topic
Refugees
Mexican president to propose extension of welfare programs to Central America to curb migration
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Sunday that he plans to propose his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden an...
April 18, 2021
Biden asks Congress to invest US$861 million in Central America and US$10 billion more for refugees
U.S. President Joe Biden today asked Congress to invest US$861 million in Central America to curb irregular immigration, in addition...
April 9, 2021
Refugee crisis: Brazil cuts red tape for Venezuelans to apply for residence permits
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil will relax the rules for residence authorization for immigrants from Venezuela. A Ministry of...
March 25, 2021
Brazil to Offer Humanitarian Aid to Venezuela Near the Border
The Brazilian government will set up a humanitarian aid distribution center in Roraima, on the border with Venezuela, Brazilian officials...
February 12, 2019
Brazil Reiterates it Will Not Participate in Possible Venezuela Intervention
Brazil’s President, Jair Bolsonaro, says his country is following the Venezuelan crisis closely and fears that a non-peaceful transition period...
January 24, 2019
Brazil Orders Troops to Border to Quell Tension with Refugees
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – President of Brazil, Michel Temer, is holding a second...
August 20, 2018
Brazil’s Supreme Court Rejects Closing Border with Venezuela
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Supreme Court Justice Rosa Weber rejected on Monday night...
August 7, 2018
Over Half of Venezuelans Who Entered Brazil Have Already Left
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – More than half of the nearly 128,000 Venezuelans who...
July 18, 2018