Brazil informs the UN that it will emerge from the migration pact | New

Brazil adhered to the pact less than a month ago by decision of the president of the time Michel Temer, following the positioning of more than 120 of the 193 member countries of the UN.

The document recommends that the detention of the immigrant be the last resort and for the shortest time possible. It prohibits collective expulsions and discrimination against immigrants, who must have access to justice, health care and education.

The pact calls for countries to cooperate to exchange information and policies on borders and the fight against trafficking in persons.

Tuesday (8), the government Jair Bolsonaro announced the change of position of the country. As reported by the BBC Brazil website, the Foreign Ministry has asked Brazilian diplomats in New York, the United States and Geneva, Switzerland, to inform the UN and the United Nations. International Organization of Migration that Brazil "is no longer a signatory to the global compact for a safe, orderly and regular migration".

Before taking office last December, President Jair Bolsonaro and Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo declared in social networks that Brazil would leave the pact.

Araújo called the agreement "inadequate instrument to address the problem" and said that "immigration should not be treated as a global issue, but rather according to the reality and the sovereignty of each country ".

At the time, Mr. Araújo also stated that "Brazil will seek a regulatory framework compatible with the national reality and the well-being of Brazilians and foreigners", according to the same position adopted by the United States. United, Italy, Switzerland, Australia, Israel and Israel. dozens of countries.

The pact was negotiated two years ago in response to the migratory wave that hit mainly Europe.

On the Bolsonaro government's decision, a UN spokesman informed the national newspaper that it was always regrettable that one member country was moving away from the multilateral process, "especially in a pact that respects both national peculiarities ". .

According to UN estimates, there are more than 258 million immigrants in the world. Only in 2018, more than 3,300 people died or disappeared on migratory routes.

International relations professor Juliano da Silva Cortinhas said that Brazil had more to lose than to win with the departure of the pact.