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Brazil state seeks to shut Venezuelan border to stop refugee flow
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS APRIL 13, 2018 / 5:56 PM / UPDATED 42 MINUTES AGO
Brazil state seeks to shut Venezuelan border to stop refugee flow
Reuters Staff
3 MIN READ
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Leaders of Brazil’s northern state of Roraima on Friday asked the Supreme Court for permission to temporarily close the only land border crossing with neighboring Venezuela to halt the massive and disorderly arrival of refugees.
Brazil’s President Michel Temer, attending the Summit of the Americas in Lima, said closing the border was “unthinkable.”
Roraima Governor Suely Campos petitioned the high court to order the federal government to step up assistance for her state to deal with what she called a humanitarian crisis. She also asked that the border be closed until orderly immigration procedures could be put in place.
Campos said she had to resort to the top court because the federal government had not acted on her state’s requests. It is not clear if the court with take up her plea.
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Brazil state seeks to shut Venezuelan border to stop refugee flow
Reuters Staff
3 MIN READ
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Leaders of Brazil’s northern state of Roraima on Friday asked the Supreme Court for permission to temporarily close the only land border crossing with neighboring Venezuela to halt the massive and disorderly arrival of refugees.
Brazil’s President Michel Temer, attending the Summit of the Americas in Lima, said closing the border was “unthinkable.”
Roraima Governor Suely Campos petitioned the high court to order the federal government to step up assistance for her state to deal with what she called a humanitarian crisis. She also asked that the border be closed until orderly immigration procedures could be put in place.
Campos said she had to resort to the top court because the federal government had not acted on her state’s requests. It is not clear if the court with take up her plea.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-venezuela-border/brazil-state-seeks-to-shut-venezuelan-border-to-stop-refugee-flow-idUSKBN1HK2W9
