Brazil preparing for possible mass influx of Venezuelan refugees

Members of the indigenous Warao people from the Orinoco Delta in eastern Venezuela, are seen in a house shared by the group in Manaus, Brazil, May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil is concerned about growing numbers of refugees spilling over its border from Venezuela and is creating a plan to deal with a possible mass influx if the crisis in Venezuela worsens, Brazilian Defense Minister Raul Jungmann said on Wednesday.

"Evidently we are worried and our biggest concern is the humanitarian situation," Jungmann told reporters. "We need to have a contingency plan in place to handle this if things get worse."