The humanitarian visa as a response to Haitians’ request for refuge

The scenario of international migration has undergone profound changes over the past decade. In Brazil if the arrival of immigrants from neighbouring countries has widened, a new component of this flow included a significant number of returnees Brazilians and immigrants of other regions who had litt...

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Autores: Fernandes, Duval, Faria, Andressa Virgínia de
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Brasil
Institución:Associação Brasileira de Estudos Populacionais (ABEP)
Repositorio:Revista brasileira de estudos de população (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.rebep.org.br:article/1055
Acceso en línea:https://rebep.org.br/revista/article/view/1055
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Humanitarian visa
Haitian diaspora
Migratory Policy
Brazil
Visa humanitaria
Diáspora haitiana
Política migratoria
Brasil
Visto humanitário
Política migratória
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Sumario:The scenario of international migration has undergone profound changes over the past decade. In Brazil if the arrival of immigrants from neighbouring countries has widened, a new component of this flow included a significant number of returnees Brazilians and immigrants of other regions who had little or no history of population exchanges with Brazil, specifically is notoriously large presence of Haitians. This article aims to explore the diplomatic process for humanitarian visa attribution to Haitian citizens, its phases and procedures, as well as the legitimacy of its attribution by the Brazilian Government. It therefore aims to evaluate the state of art of the humanitarian visa attribution. Starting from these objectives, we will briefly discuss on the migratory policy of Brazil and, secondly, on the process for the attribution of humanitarian visa to Haitian citizens. Finally, an attempt was made to evaluate this policy of granting humanitarian visas