{"id":34091,"date":"2021-11-18T13:33:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T13:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/?post_type=noticia&p=34091"},"modified":"2021-11-23T12:27:01","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T12:27:01","slug":"senate-hearing-debates-welcoming-syrians-and-afghans-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/senate-hearing-debates-welcoming-syrians-and-afghans-in-brazil\/","title":"Senate hearing debates welcoming Syrians and Afghans in Brazil","content":"
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Updated November 22, 2021<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Permanent Joint Commission on International Migration and Refugees, of the Senate, held a meeting on Friday (19th November), from 9:30 am (GMT), to deliberate on the situation of refugees from Syria and Afghanistan in Brazil and the challenges involved in welcoming these people. <\/span>Read more on this <\/span>here<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Activists and refugees from both countries took part in the public hearing, among who is a Syrian, represented by Abdulbaset Jarour; the coordinator of the Commission on Human Rights, Migrants and the Fight against Xenophobia, S\u00e3o Paulo State Council, as well as the Afghans; Fazel Ahmad and Amad Jaber.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to those aforementioned  participants are; journalist Fl\u00e1via Mantovani (a reporter for The Folha de S. Paulo newspaper), Camila Asano; Program coordinator at Conectas, and Judge Luciana Conforti; vice president of the National Association of Labor Court Magistrates.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Watch the exhibition by Camila Asano, from Conectas, at the public hearing:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n