{"id":3626,"date":"2024-08-27T00:47:07","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T00:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=3626"},"modified":"2024-08-27T00:47:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T00:47:08","slug":"ghanaian-mans-death-in-brazil-airport-custody-sparks-concerns-over-documentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=3626","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Ghanaian Man&#8217;s Death in Brazil Airport Custody Sparks Concerns Over Documentation&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/75685115.295.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3627\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A Ghanaian migrant who was detained in a restricted area of the Guarulhos International Airport in Brazil has passed away due to health issues.<br><br>According to Reuters, the 39-year-old died after receiving care at the medical station at the airport while being held with a group of inadmissible travellers who did not have documents or visas to enter Brazil.<br><br>Additionally, the migrant reportedly died on August 13 with the cause of his death still unknown.<br><br>The incident has raised concerns about the possible human rights violations at the airport.<br><br>Due to the high migratory flow in the country, the airport lacks infrastructure to accommodate migrants, therefore resulting in children and adolescents sleeping on the floor.<br><br>Many migrants from India and Vietnam without visas are left stranded at the airport, with no access to food and water.<br><br>Other concerns include many migrants showing flu-like symptoms, following an assessment by the airport authorities.<br><br>As part of attempts to stop the large inflow of migrants, the Brazilian government plans to tighten entry rules, the report added.<br><br>This will prevent migrants from using Brazil as a transit on their way to the USA and Canada.<br><br>Meanwhile, the Public Defenders Office has called for rapid improvements in the living conditions of migrants stuck at the airport while their status is being resolved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Ghanaian migrant who was detained in a restricted area of the Guarulhos International Airport in Brazil has passed away due to health issues. According [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3628,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3626\/revisions\/3628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}