Brazil quits UN migration pact, will still take in Venezuelan refugees: source 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy ReutersBRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil has pulled out of a United Nations pact on dealing with rising migration, joining the United States and a growing number of countries in rejecting the agreement, a Brazilian diplomat with direct knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday. With a record 21.3 million refugees globally, the United Nations began work on the non-binding agreement after more than 1 million people arrived in Europe in 2015, many fleeing civil war in Syria and poverty in Africa. All 193 U.N. members except the United States agreed to its wording in July, but only 164 – including Brazil – formally ratified it. Araújo has said that Brazil would continue to take in refugees from neighboring Venezuela, but that the fundamental point is restoring democracy in that nation.

Source: Manila Bulletin January 09, 2019 00:00 UTC