Illegal immigration to Brazil is the entry in Brazil of foreign nationals without government permission, and in violation of the Brazilian immigration laws. As the country's economy improves it has found itself a magnet for illegal immigration. Many illegal immigrants have arrived particularly from

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

and

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. Brazil often creates special legalization procedures for immigrant groups who become too numerous and would not otherwise qualify for immigration. As of 2024, Brazil allows practically unrestricted immigration for nationals of all South American countries, Afghanistan, Haiti,

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

and Ukraine, for nationals of Cuba who participated in the

Mais Médicos Mais Médicos (English language, English: More Doctors) is a program launched on July 8, 2013, by the Presidency of Dilma Rousseff, Dilma government with the goal of covering the shortage of doctors in small municipalities and on the outskirts of ...

medical training program, for nationals of the Dominican Republic and Senegal who claim refugee status (without reviewing the refugee claim), and for nationals of member states of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries in certain occupations or who are already in Brazil.Rulings
Ministry of Justice of Brazil.

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