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More than half of the approximately 128,000 Venezuelans who have entered Brazil in the last 18 months along the Pacaraima (RR) border, the main gateway to the neighboring country, have left the country . Some of them, 31,500, returned to Venezuela by the same route, and the remaining 37,400 left the country by plane or other land borders.
Data comes from the federal police and was published by the Minister of the Civil House Eliseu Padilha in his official profile on Facebook Monday night (16).
Between 2017 and June this year, 127,778 Venezuelans crossed the border through Pacaraima, which is 215 km from the capital Boa Vista. Of these, 68,968 or 54 per cent have left the country – 47,855,000 by land and 21,113 by air on international flights.
According to the Minister, the main land borders chosen for the exit of Brazil were:
- 66% – Pacaraima, on the border with Venezuela
- 15% – Foz do Iguaçu, in Paraná, where is located the border with Paraguay
- 7% – Other localities
6% – Guajará-Mirim, in Rondônia, border with Bolivia
A study published in April by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) showed that the majority of Venezuelans entering Brazil through Roraima are men, 25 and 49 and more than half want to go south of continent, especially for Argentina and Chile.
Padilha also published data on the number of Venezuelan refugees. From the beginning of the wave of Venezuelan immigration, in 2015, until June of this year, 56,700 Venezuelans asked the federal police to seek refuge (35,500) or to reside in Brazil (11,100 ). Another regular service of 10.1 thousand, and 5.9 thousand did not return.
Only in Roraima, the main gateway for Venezuelan immigrants, the federal police registered more than 16,000 applications for Venezuelan refugees in 2018 – an increase of 20% over that received in 2017 and eight times
Venezuelan immigration to Roraima
The Brazilian Army estimates that the average Venezuelan entry to Roraima in the last five months was 416 people per day. Earlier this year, the UN estimated the number at 800, but today it is also based on an average of 400 to 500 people crossing the border each day.
There are still no precise figures on the exact number of Venezuelans living in Roraima, but a survey of the city of Boa Vista indicates that there are only 25,000 residents Venezuelans in the capital – the equivalent of 7.5% of the local population. of 332 thousand inhabitants. Of these, 65% are unemployed. In May, more than 840 immigrants living on Simón Bolívar square in Boa Vista were taken to shelters (Photo: Emily Costa / G1 RR / Archive) "In May, more than 840 immigrants to Simón Bolívar plaza in Boa Vista, were taken to shelters (photo: Emily Costa / G1 RR / file) "src =" data: image / jpeg; base64 / 9d / 4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD / 2wBDAAMCAgMCAgMDAwMEAwMEBQgFBQQEBQoHBwYIDAoMDAsKCwsNDhIQDQ4RDgsLEBYQERMUFRUVDA8XGBYUGBIUFRT / 2wBDAQMEBAUEBQkFBQkUDQsNFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBT / wgARCAATABkDASIAAhEBAxEB / 8QAGwAAAQQDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEDBQcCBAb / xAAVAQEBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADAv / aAAwDAQACEAMQAAABl63rkOrB4eOcckxAmb1AQv / EAB8QAAEEAgIDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEAAgMFBBEGEBITFf / aAAgBAQABBQKkmh4lR5rsGyZktrKuP5UikcChpMIB9rOt LWHYX + / / xAAbEQAABwEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQIDEBESMv / aAAgBAwEBPwGiDis8z EABoRAQABBQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEAAgMQITH // / // 2gAIAQIBAT8B3C2VdcM 8QAKxAAAQMCAwQLAAAAAAAAAAAAAQACBAMRISJREBMxcQUSFDRBcpGTobHh / 9oACAEBAAY / Aq 7XyI8t1Sz9zgLa ZT5TZhZIfn7ODh + 8L1 + + d7T6YqSaNsuQUna v0u8w / eahZgHJEk46ok3xXH42OI4q / idn / 8QAHhABAQADAAEFAAAAAAAAAAAAAREAITFBEGGBwfD / 2gAIAQEAAT8hEEGyynStBDmHwZDxXyJ0b28PtjlAKLjFt4m3K6Mz9l9ZdQsOORYVHubHo2rXvoC8y1EGzGqaCr85XP / aAAwDAQACAAMAAAAQCac9 / 8QAGREBAAMBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQARITGR / 9oACAEDAQE / EGzIiAX2 / YYjCf / EABoRAQACAwEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEAMREhsZH / 2gAIAQIBAT8QBAZ0FQaiuQlvOT // xAAfEAEBAAICAQUAAAAAAAAAAAABEQAhMWFREEGRwdH / 2gAIAQEAAT8QAeVWguslAN6rlUlx7S4lFTmpoEMLfpiUixHEl4 hRSMyRFnH3lwwKgDsb4nPgxCqe4gI2gtvn2zt + / + H9xmF1hMw08N5x 5CNqprndn // Z "/>
In May, more than 840 immigrants living in Simón Bolívar Square in Boa Vista were taken to shelters (Photo: Emily Costa / G1 RR / Archive) [Photo:EmilyCosta/G1RR/19659020] Prior to this study, the prefecture estimated that 40,000 Venezuelans were in the city. At that time, only Simon Bolivar Square, which was closed and unoccupied in May, had about 1200 Venezuelan countrymen.
The state currently has nine public shelters of about 4,000 people, including five open this year alone. Nevertheless, there are still Venezuelans in a street situation in 10 of the 15 municipalities of the state, and another shelter with a capacity of 500 people is expected to be open in the capital next Thursday (19) .
In addition, 690 immigrants have already been caught on Brazilian Air Force (FAB) flights to São Paulo, Manaus, Cuiabá, Rio de Janeiro, Igarassu (PE) and Condé (PB). Others will soon be transferred to Brasília, Cuiabá, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo in the process of internalisation, which involves distributing Venezuelans newly arrived in Roraima in other states of the country.
