Brazil: Palestinian Refugees Arrive

A group of 35 Palestinian refugees arrived in Brazil after spending three years in a barren and rocky encampment between Iraq and Syria. The 35 — the first Palestinian refugees Brazil has received — are part of a larger group of 117 that is expected to arrive by year’s end. Officials of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said the refugees would live at least two years in houses or apartments the United Nations group had rented and would qualify for government health care, schooling and bank credit. They will also receive classes in Portuguese and about $200 a month.