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Migrant smuggling is characterized by the facilitation of the irregular entry of individuals into a country, with the intention of obtaining financial or material benefits. The problem requires the adoption of specific public policies to combat the crime, which is commonly underreported. As a result, the Ministry of Justice and Public Security (MJSP), with the support of the UN Migration Agency (IOM), launched, this Tuesday (2), the 1st Action Plan to Combat Migrant Smuggling .
The director of the Migration Department of the National Secretariat of Justice (Demig/Senajus) of the MJSP, Luana Medeiros, explained that combating migrant smuggling is a responsibility of the Ministry, which was recently incorporated, after the Migration Law (13.445/2017). “The topic came to the Ministry in 2019. The launch of the first action plan is a milestone for the construction of the public policy to combat migrant trafficking”, she highlighted.
IOM Special Advisor Socorro Tabosa highlighted that several agencies were involved in the development of the plan. “The main bottlenecks and actions considered most important and strategic for the country were identified. To achieve this goal, the plan establishes four specific objectives and a series of priority actions,” she said.
