Brazil 巴西限制亞洲移民入境

新聞摘要：

下週一起，巴西政府宣佈開始限制免簽證入境的規定，此項政策將影響需要簽證才能留在巴西的亞洲移民，避免移民以難民身分為手段，利用巴西作為前往美國和加拿大的中途站。

Brazil will tighten up rules to enter the country without a visa starting next week, the government said on Wednesday, after migrants have been increasingly using the South American nation as a stop-over on the way to the United States and Canada.

巴西政府週三表示，在越來越多移民利用南美國家作為前往美國和加拿大的中途站之後，巴西將從下週開始限制免簽證入境的規定。

The move, which will start on Monday, will affect Asian migrants who require visas to remain in Brazil while those without a visa will not be allowed to stay in the country.

從下週一開始實施，此項政策將影響需要簽證才能留在巴西的亞洲移民，那些沒有簽證的乘客則將不被允許停留。

More than 70% of requests for refuge at the airport come from people with either Indian, Nepalese or Vietnamese nationalities, one of the documents says. 

一份文件指出，超過 70% 的機場避難申請來自印度、尼泊爾或越南國籍。

Starting next week, travelers without visas will either have to continue their journey by plane or return to their country of origin, the Brazil’s justice ministry said, but the new guidelines will not apply to 484 migrants currently staying at Sao Paulo’s international airport.

巴西司法部表示，從下週開始，沒有簽證的旅客必須搭飛機繼續旅程，或是返回原籍國，但新準則不適用於目前居留在聖保羅國際機場的 484 名移民。

Brazil has historically welcomed refugees, particularly Afghans in recent years, regardless of ideological leanings of the Latin American country’s leaders.

巴西歷屆政府無論意識形態傾向為何，歷來歡迎難民，尤其是近年來的阿富汗難民。

But reports of migrants seeking refugee status as a means to use Brazil as a waystation has caused frustration in the government, particularly at a time when the system is burdened by many people from Haiti, Syria, Afghanistan and Ukraine seeking humanitarian visas.

但有報導稱，移民以難民身分為手段，以巴西為中途站，這讓政府感到沮喪，特別是在許多來自海地、敘利亞、阿富汗和烏克蘭尋求人道主義簽證的人給該援助系統帶來負擔得時候。

💡參考內容: CNN,THE STRAITS TIMES

📷Photo: AP