Refugiados no Brasil: estamos preparados para proteção humanitária daquelas pessoas?

Abstract

Due to the large flow of migration and the steep rise in the number of refugees, Western countries face the challenge of receiving thousands of people each year. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate that Brazil is not yet in a position to offer legal protection to refugees despite having legislation on this subject. The legal institute of the refuge was developed in order to guarantee the protection of people who are in situations of vulnerability. In the international arena, the 1951 Convention regulating the legal status of refugees and the 1967 Protocol on the Status of Refugees are normative instruments. At the regional level, the Declaration of Cartagena of 1984 was adopted by several Latin American and Caribbean countries, which broaden the foundations for the recognition of refugee status. Brazil, in addition to ratifying the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol, has specific domestic legislation on the subject, Law 9474/97, which incorporates the expanded definition of the concept of refugees brought by the Cartagena Declaration. The profile of refugees in Brazil is presented through an analysis of data on the refuge in the country in the period from 2010 to 2015. A diagnosis is made of the benefits provided to refugees recognized by the Brazilian State and the effective access to them in such programs .