Brazil grants 32 immigrants right not to be forcibly repatriated


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  • Saturday, 07 Sep 2024

FILE PHOTO: People walk in front of the customs office at the Sao Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport, in Guarulhos, Brazil March 9, 2023. REUTERS/Carla Carniel/File Photo

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's has guaranteed 32 immigrants of various nationalities who are at Sao Paulo's Guarulhos Airport the right not to be forcibly repatriated, according to court rulings seen by Reuters.

The preliminary rulings answer to habeas corpus requests filed by the Federal Public Defender's Office asking for the immigrants not to be repatriated and given the legal right to request refuge in Brazil.

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