A 39-year-old Ghanaian migrant has died whereas in detention at Guarulhos Worldwide Airport in São Paulo, Brazil.
This incident raises alarm about potential human rights violations within the Guarulhos Worldwide Airport in regards to the dealing with of migrants.
A report by Reuters signifies that the person handed away on August 13, 2024, after receiving medical care on the airport.
The report added that the deceased was amongst a bunch of “inadmissible travellers” held in a restricted space of the airport attributable to a scarcity of correct documentation or visas to enter Brazil.
The dying occurred amid alarming circumstances on the airport, the place tons of of migrants from international locations together with India, Nepal, and Vietnam have been stranded for weeks.
These migrants are confined to an area with restricted entry to fundamental requirements reminiscent of meals, water, and showers.
The Public Defender’s Workplace has flagged these circumstances as extreme violations of human rights, noting the deteriorating well being of these detained.
Two days after the dying, the Federal Public Defender’s Workplace (DPU) reportedly visited the location to make assessments and located “repeated conditions of human rights violations”.
“Kids and adolescents have been discovered sleeping on the ground and there was a rising demand for well being care, with many individuals exhibiting flu signs,” the DPU stated in a doc delivered to Conare (Nationwide Committee for Refugees), the Federal Police, Anac (Nationwide Civil Aviation Company), the federal government of São Paulo, and the Metropolis Corridor of Guarulhos.
In keeping with the company, assist for migrants is proscribed.
This example has escalated as Brazil’s authorities plans to tighten entry guidelines to stop migrants from utilizing the nation as a stopover on their option to the USA and Canada.
Presently, Brazil has introduced that overseas travellers with no Brazilian visa might be required to journey on to their remaining vacation spot or return to their house nation.
Nevertheless, it’s unclear if these new laws would apply to the migrants already detained on the airport.