Government will not use Brazilian aircraft to seek deported, says Mauro Vieira

The government of Brazil will not use Brazilian Air Force aircraft to seek deported citizens from the United States, Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira said on Tuesday, but will seek the US government to open a negotiation that tries to ensure security and minimal comfort to repatriads.

“It was not considered and will not be used by the Brazilian Air Force. This is a matter of the US government, ”said Vieira after a meeting with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to deal with the deported.

According to a source heard by Reuters, the use of aircraft is even considered by the military, but the attitude of the Brazilian government is that it is the United States who want to deport, so they have to take over the operation. Brazil’s role is to ensure that there is safety and proper conditions.

On Monday, US embassy in charge of Gabriel Escobar was called to Itamaraty for a conversation about the conditions faced by Brazilians on the flight that arrived in Manaus on Friday, and opened the crisis about transportation of the deported.

There is still no response from the United States government about the Brazilian proposal, but Vieira says that “the intention is to talk to US officials about how to transport in a dignified and human way.”

In addition, according to Human Rights Minister Macaé Evaristo, the government will create a host post at Cofins Airport in the Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Zone, where most of the deported flights reach – on average, in the last few Years, it was between 13 and 14 flights. The intention, according to the minister, is to support the repatriades in the return to Brazil, with help even for reintegration in the labor market.

OPERATION ACCOUNT

The Brazilian government has also defined that it will maintain the financing of the actions of Operation Welcomed in Roraima, receiving the Venezuelan immigrants, after the US government suspended the transfer of resources to the United Nations, including the International Migration Organization (OIM ) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

According to information from the organizations, OIM was the most affected, with about 60% of resources from US transfers. UNHCR would have other sources of financing.

The Brazilian government guaranteed the financing of actions in Roraima, where about 500 Venezuelans still enter Brazil, at least until the agencies can replace the financing.