Researchers from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (Uerj) warn of the persistent migratory crisis on the border of Roraima with Venezuela and point out emergency actions that must be implemented by the public authorities and civil society. The report Fronteira em Crise: an Assessment of the Migratory Situation in Roraima, produced by the Nucleus for Research Studies in International Law at Uerj (Nepedi-Uerj) in partnership with the Federal University of Roraima (UFRR), was forwarded to the Ministries of Justice and Public Security and Human Rights and Citizenship. According to the coordinator of Nepedi, Raphael Carvalho de Vasconcelos, the study, carried out between January 29 and February 4 of this year, is a warning about the humanitarian emergency caused by the permanent migratory flow at the border. “The purpose of the notes is to alert the Brazilian authorities and civil society in general to the needs arising from the resilience of the flow of displaced people in that region of the country, signaling that it is a parallel and co-existing calamity to the Yanomami crisis that cannot be relativized. or displaced to a secondary level”, said the head professor of Public International Law at Uerj. According to the researcher, there are emergency issues that require immediate action by the Brazilian State. “This report is not critically biased. It is a descriptive document that seeks to contribute to the new government facing the challenges”. Data on the arrival of these foreigners in Brazil were collected in the cities of Pacaraima, Cantá and Boa Vista, in Roraima, and in Santa Elena de Uairén, in Venezuela. Reports were collected from Brazilian authorities, humanitarian agents, members of civil society, employees of international organizations, migrants and asylum seekers. According to Vasconcelos, among the emergency issues is the question of the internalization of Venezuelans, with special attention to indigenous peoples who come from Venezuela. “Because this internalization could represent a really great risk of Brazil committing some kind of human rights violation. By promoting the internalization of an ethnic group, we can contribute to it entering into a process of extinction and this can be done in an unintentional systematic way”, he evaluated. Another urgent point pointed out by the professor is the issue of communicating information about Venezuela’s criminal records with Brazil. “At the moment, we do not have border controls for people who are asylum seekers or migrants who may, in fact, be fleeing a criminal situation in Venezuela. This control should be carried out within the framework of a reconstruction of Brazil’s diplomatic relationship with Venezuela.” Based on this information, the report proposes a series of actions for a more appropriate reception, with public policies aligned with international law with an emphasis on human rights. Venezuelan migrants The Venezuelan women and girls who migrated to Brazil make little use of contraceptive methods, have many children and came in search of health care services, a motivation to migrate second only to hunger. About 10% of them arrived in Brazil pregnant. The information comes from research by the National School of Public Health (Ensp/Fiocruz) and the Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA), coordinated by the University of Southampton, England. The study reveals conditions of the migratory process and the impacts of forced migration on the sexual and reproductive health of women and adolescents. In total, 2,012 migrants aged 15 to 49 who arrived in Brazil between 2018 and 2021 were interviewed in Manaus (AM) and Boa Vista (RR). The interviewers were also Venezuelan. According to Fiocruz, the separation of mothers and children is one of the most worrying data related to the health of migrants. The study shows that around 25% of Venezuelan mothers left at least one child in their country of origin and they were precisely the ones who reported the worst health status, as well as those who suffered some type of violence on the way to arriving in Brazil. “Among Venezuelan migrants, 40% have two or three children and 16% have four or more. Fertility rates are considered high, which is also harmful from a financial point of view, since, in addition to having to feed and care for many children, these women end up unable to work because they need to stay with their children. Almost 80% of migrants live on less than the minimum wage. One of the recommendations made by the survey is the availability of day care centers and schools for Venezuelan children and adolescents”, says Fiocruz. In the midst of this scenario, only 47% of Venezuelans in Brazil use some form of contraception, while among Brazilian women, the average is 80%. “Access to contraceptive methods for Venezuelan women after arriving in Brazil was mainly through public health services, but many still buy them, despite the lack of resources. This means that, despite the offer, it is not easy for these women to find the methods that are offered for free. There is some barrier in accessing the methods and this needs to be resolved”, said, in a note, the research coordinator at Ensp/Fiocruz, Maria do Carmo Leal.
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