Coronavirus: Desperate Brazilians beg embassy for repatriation flight - News Summed Up

Coronavirus: Desperate Brazilians beg embassy for repatriation flight


(Video first published on May 22, 2020)The Brazilian Embassy in Wellington is failing its people when their support is most needed, Brazilians trapped in New Zealand say. READ MORE:* Stranded in a coronavirus hotspot, a mum and son are desperate to get home* Coronavirus: Chilean student stranded in Central Otago finally gets flight home* Coronavirus: Stranded Brazilian migrants heading home on repatriation flightDebbie Jamieson/Stuff Brazilian worker Fernanda Campos wants the Brazilian Embassy to organise a second repatriation flight for nationals stuck in New Zealand. "I think the best option is to have [a repatriation] flight, so they can go back home to Brazil with their families." In written answers provided to Stuff, minister-counsellor Henrique Choer Moraes said the embassy organised a repatriation flight on May 1, which carried 185 people, funded by the Brazilian government. Gonçalve said many Brazilians were not aware of the repatriation flight in May or still had employment at that time.


Source: Stuff June 18, 2020 23:14 UTC



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