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Part of the fourth contingent of military personnel appeared on Monday (28) in Boa Vista. There are 300 new officers, including aeronautics, army and navy, who have to work in the capital and at Pacaraima, distant 215 km, located north of Roraima, on the border with the Venezuela.
Every day, some 800 immigrants arrive in Brazil by the border. The first check takes place in Pacaraima, in the triage center operated by Operation Acolhida, where Venezuelans are guided by documentary procedures, receive medical care and even vaccines.
According to Major Eduardo Milanez, spokesman of Operation Acolhida, 290 other soldiers are expected. "Tuesday, there will be 180 more [militares] and during the week, 110 more will also arrive in Roraima," explained Milanez.
"The idea is that they retain the same service provided by the armed forces since the first contingent in March and that the Roraima company realizes that the Task Force and the Operation hosted continue to provide the best service, receive immigrants, order the border, welcome and internalisation, "explains the major.
Coronel Carla Beatriz, who worked in Haiti, will be the new spokesman of Operation Acolhida in Roraima – Photo: Amazon Roraima Network / Reproduction
Among the news about the contingent, there is the arrival of a new spokeswoman, Colonel Carla Beatriz, participated in other important missions , such as peace in Haiti.
"I've heard about the mission, but it's very different for you to be on site and see the quality of work done here." All that has been put in place has been done with great dedication, with the work of the people who leave their families to leave their homes for a broader purpose, a common goal for Brazil, "he said.
Present in Roraima since February 2018, the armed forces manage 13 immigrant reception centers, including eleven in Boa Vista and two others in Pacaraima. According to the Civil House, more than 5,700 people were welcomed.
In shelters, Venezuelans receive support from NGOs, actions organized by the UN, basic health care and food products in addition to receiving cultural and educational activities for children and adults.
Since 2016, when the increase in immigration was perceived as a growing political, social and economic crisis in Venezuela, all these movements have brought an alarming number to Roraima, port of entry for the immigrants
Uncontrollable, most foreigners would venture along the BR-174, a freeway that connects Pacaraima to Boa Vista on the "Hunger Road".
Simón Bolívar square was surrounded by On arrival in the capital, they found themselves improvised on squares and in front of shelters in search of a vacant post. One of these places was Simón Bolívar, in the south of the city, which oddly bears the name of the hero of the independence of the neighboring country, where lived up to 1,200 people, among the new and elderly people.
The site was closed by the town hall and, after eight months, reopened with closing and opening hours.
Starting in April, the federal government intensified internalization processes, taking immigrants from Roraima to other states of the country. In nine months, almost four thousand people voluntarily joined the program. Most of them went to São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul and Amazonas.
Social Impacts at Roraima
Without ability to withstand the increase in the flow of people, which corresponds to nearly 10% of the state's population, according to IBGE, the health and safety of Roraima were felt by this volume. The difficulty encountered by the Brazilians generates a complaint and even conflicts.
[19659007] A Venezuelan family living in Pacaraima, north of Roraima, expelled by Brazilians – Photo: Inaê Brandão / G1 RR / Archivo
In August, an badault on a Brazilian businessman resulted in the expulsion of more than a thousand people. immigrants who lived on the streets of the municipality. At that time, hundreds of Brazilians burned their property and destroyed foreigners' tents.
In health, a measles epidemic has worried the authorities. Roraima currently has 355 confirmed cases. The disease also spread to the Amazon, which received nearly nine thousand notifications.
In December, the former governor of Roraima, Suely Campos (PP), declared a social emergency because of the intense migratory flow.
The economic crisis that has occurred in the state has created an atypical situation in the country. On December 10, Antonio Denarium (PSL), who won the governorship elections, took over the leadership, in accordance with the decree of former President Michel Temer (MDB), who removed Suely Campos from power.
After the presidency of the Republic, Jair Bolso Naro (PSL) sent five ministers to Roraima for the first interministerial visit of the new government ernment. They came to the state to find out the actions of the operation Acolhida Fernando Azevedo (Defense), Luiz Henrique Mandetta (Health), Ricardo Vélez Rodríguez (Education), Wagner Rosário (Comptroller General of the l & # 39; Union) and Osmar Terra (Citizenship).
At the time, the Minister of Health had expressed concerns about a diphtheria epidemic in the neighboring country, as well as other diseases. Despite the alert, Mandetta badured that vaccines to immunize Brazilians and Venezuelans in the state are not lacking.
Beyond crises, a power struggle involving President Nicolás Maduro and the President of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Juan Guaidó, who proclaimed himself interim president, divide the country into two governments.
Of these, 14 countries, including Brazil, support Guaidó, while eight others consider Maduro as legitimate president.
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