Palestinian Brazilian
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Palestinian Brazilian is a Brazilian person of full, partial, or predominantly Palestinian ancestry, or a Palestinian-born person immigrant in Brazil.
The group that headed to Rio Grande do Sul
is distributed throughout six cities. Sapucaia do Sul
, Pelotas
, Rio Grande
, Chuí
, Santa Maria
, Venâncio Aires
and Porto Alegre
(the state capital) are municipalities that are already home to Palestinian communities.
Sapucaia do Sul is home to the head office
s of the Arab Palestinian Society of the Greater Porto Alegre
, one of the organisations closely following the reception and integration of the refugees.
Others settled in the State of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest in the nation.
After spending over four years languishing in a refugee camp in the Jordanian desert, 100 Palestinian refugees from Iraq
will finally be heading to their new home - Brazil
. A statement by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), said the group, which includes children and the elderly, will start moving from Rweished refugee camp, 60 km from the Jordanian-Iraqi border, to Brazil by September. The first party of 35 Palestinian refugees arrived today, 21 September, to Brazil initiating the first phase of the resettlement operation. In the coming month of October, two other parties will be arriving in Brazil, 117 persons in total. The refugees will be sent to their new country
in three batches, with priority given to the elderly and families with children.
According to the plan, an estimated 22 families will be settled in the State of São Paulo
, while 18 families will go to Rio Grande do Sul
, in the southeast and southern regions of Brazil, said the statement. Unaccompanied elderly refugee
s will be settled in a home for the elderly where medical treatment is to be provided.
, furniture
and material
assistance for up to 24 months. Employment profiles are being analysed to ensure job
opportunities for all, while a network
of volunteers and local communities is being established to provide moral support during their integration. Children will attend classes in Portuguese, before being enrolled in Brazil
ian school
s. The group is currently receiving training by a team of humanitarian professionals from Brazil on Brazilian culture and is being given Portuguese
lessons.
's offer will provide a humanitarian solution for Palestinians who have been in the Jordan
ian camp since 2003. The UNHCR office in Brazil
will also help the new arrivals better integrate into the Brazilian community
by hiring bilingual (Arabic
-Portuguese
) staff who will be trained in Palestinian tradition
s and culture
. With the departure of the Palestinian refugees, only a handful of Iraqi families will be left facing an uncertain future.
The group that headed to Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul is the southernmost state in Brazil, and the state with the fifth highest Human Development Index in the country. In this state is located the southernmost city in the country, Chuí, on the border with Uruguay. In the region of Bento Gonçalves and Caxias do Sul, the largest wine...
is distributed throughout six cities. Sapucaia do Sul
Sapucaia do Sul
Sapucaia do Sul is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.Sapucaida do Sul is a commercial city, and some industries have been there since the 1960s. The city is crossed by BR-116, one of the most important roads in Brazil....
, Pelotas
Pelotas
Pelotas is a Brazilian city and municipality , the third most populous in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. Pelotas is located 270 km from Porto Alegre, the capital city of the state, and 130 km from the Uruguayan border...
, Rio Grande
Rio Grande
The Rio Grande is a river that flows from southwestern Colorado in the United States to the Gulf of Mexico. Along the way it forms part of the Mexico – United States border. Its length varies as its course changes...
, Chuí
Chui
-Places:In Kyrgyzstan:*Chui Province*Chui RiverIn South America:*Chuí, Rio Grande do Sul*Chui Stream, on the Brazil-Uruguay borderIn SwahiliChui means Leopard...
, Santa Maria
Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul
Santa Maria is a municipality in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state of Brazil. In 2007, its population was 263,403 inhabitants in a total area of 1,823 km2.-Importance:...
, Venâncio Aires
Venâncio Aires
Venâncio Aires is a city in southern Brazil. It is the capital of chimarrão, a kind of drink, with approximately 65,000 inhabitants. The main industry is tobacco.-See also:*Esporte Clube Guarani...
and Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian...
(the state capital) are municipalities that are already home to Palestinian communities.
Sapucaia do Sul is home to the head office
Office
An office is generally a room or other area in which people work, but may also denote a position within an organization with specific duties attached to it ; the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the location of one's duty. When used as an adjective, the...
s of the Arab Palestinian Society of the Greater Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian...
, one of the organisations closely following the reception and integration of the refugees.
Others settled in the State of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest in the nation.
Palestinian refugees in Brazil
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
will finally be heading to their new home - Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. A statement by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), said the group, which includes children and the elderly, will start moving from Rweished refugee camp, 60 km from the Jordanian-Iraqi border, to Brazil by September. The first party of 35 Palestinian refugees arrived today, 21 September, to Brazil initiating the first phase of the resettlement operation. In the coming month of October, two other parties will be arriving in Brazil, 117 persons in total. The refugees will be sent to their new country
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
in three batches, with priority given to the elderly and families with children.
According to the plan, an estimated 22 families will be settled in the State of São Paulo
São Paulo (state)
São Paulo is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. Named after Saint Paul, São Paulo has the largest population, industrial complex, and economic production in the country. It is the richest state in Brazil...
, while 18 families will go to Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul is the southernmost state in Brazil, and the state with the fifth highest Human Development Index in the country. In this state is located the southernmost city in the country, Chuí, on the border with Uruguay. In the region of Bento Gonçalves and Caxias do Sul, the largest wine...
, in the southeast and southern regions of Brazil, said the statement. Unaccompanied elderly refugee
Refugee
A refugee is a person who outside her country of origin or habitual residence because she has suffered persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or because she is a member of a persecuted 'social group'. Such a person may be referred to as an 'asylum seeker' until...
s will be settled in a home for the elderly where medical treatment is to be provided.
Assistance for 24 months
All will receive rented accommodationLodging
Lodging is a type of residential accommodation. People who travel and stay away from home for more than a day need lodging for sleep, rest, safety, shelter from cold temperatures or rain, storage of luggage and access to common household functions.Lodgings may be self catering in which case no...
, furniture
Furniture
Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping in beds, to hold objects at a convenient height for work using horizontal surfaces above the ground, or to store things...
and material
Material
Material is anything made of matter, constituted of one or more substances. Wood, cement, hydrogen, air and water are all examples of materials. Sometimes the term "material" is used more narrowly to refer to substances or components with certain physical properties that are used as inputs to...
assistance for up to 24 months. Employment profiles are being analysed to ensure job
Employment
Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. An employee may be defined as:- Employee :...
opportunities for all, while a network
Social network
A social network is a social structure made up of individuals called "nodes", which are tied by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, kinship, common interest, financial exchange, dislike, sexual relationships, or relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige.Social...
of volunteers and local communities is being established to provide moral support during their integration. Children will attend classes in Portuguese, before being enrolled in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian school
School
A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...
s. The group is currently receiving training by a team of humanitarian professionals from Brazil on Brazilian culture and is being given Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
lessons.
Humanitarian solution
BrazilBrazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
's offer will provide a humanitarian solution for Palestinians who have been in the Jordan
Jordan
Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...
ian camp since 2003. The UNHCR office in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
will also help the new arrivals better integrate into the Brazilian community
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
by hiring bilingual (Arabic
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
-Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
) staff who will be trained in Palestinian tradition
Tradition
A tradition is a ritual, belief or object passed down within a society, still maintained in the present, with origins in the past. Common examples include holidays or impractical but socially meaningful clothes , but the idea has also been applied to social norms such as greetings...
s and culture
Culture
Culture is a term that has many different inter-related meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...
. With the departure of the Palestinian refugees, only a handful of Iraqi families will be left facing an uncertain future.
See also
- Immigration to BrazilImmigration to BrazilImmigration to Brazil is the movement to Brazil of foreign persons to reside permanently. It should not be confused with the colonisation of the country by the Portuguese, or with the forcible bringing of people from Africa as slaves....
- Arab BrazilianArab BrazilianAn Arab Brazilian is a Brazilian citizen born in an Arabic country, or a Brazilian-born person of Arab descent, who is aware of such ancestry and remains connected, in some degree, to Arabic culture.- Immigration to Brazil :...
- Comitê Brasileiro de Interesse Nacional PalestinoComitê Brasileiro de Interesse Nacional PalestinoThe Comitê Brasileiro de Interesse Nacional Palestino is a grassroots movement representing the interests of Palestinian nationals in Brazil, and whose principal mission is to work with the legislative body of Brazil on legislation that strengthens the relationship between Brazil and...