Indians among over 600 Asian migrants stranded at Brazil airport for weeks
According to Reuters, the undocumented migrants are lodging in substandard conditions and sleeping on the floor at the Sao Paulo international airport in Guarulhos as they wait to enter Brazil.
The Public Defender's office spokeswoman was cited as claiming that the migrants are being housed in a confined location without access to water or food. The official went on to say that blankets are not even available to youngsters.
Based on the humanitarian ideal of welcoming refugees and not sending them back to their place of origin, the agency asked the authorities to abide with Brazil's legislation.
Notably, according to a report in the news agency The Associated Press, brazil will start placing limitations on the admission of certain Asians who are seeking sanctuary in the nation in an effort to move to the US and canada on Monday.
At the international airport in Sao Paulo, the migrants purchase tickets to alternate locations with layovers. But instead of carrying on with their voyage, they return to brazil and apply for asylum.
They use their stay in Sao Paulo as an easy pit break on their way to their chosen North American destinations, the US and Canada.
It is unclear, meanwhile, if the regulations would apply to migrants already present at the Sao Paulo airport or simply to those who arrive in brazil after the regulations go into effect.