Protection and vulnerability in urban contexts: the case of refugees in Rio de Janeiro

Author(s)
Moulin, C.
Publication language
English
Pages
29pp
Date published
01 Sep 2013
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Forced displacement and migration, Protection, human rights & security, Urban
Countries
Brazil
Organisations
HASOW - Humanitarian Action in Situations Other than War

This paper aims at describing the current landscape of humanitarian protection afforded to refugees in Brazil, and particularly in Rio de Janeiro. It sheds light into an area of humanitarian protection that has received scarce, although growing, attention in both policy and academic debates in Brazil and Rio de Janeiro.