Brazil’s humanitarian visas are an important tool in complementary protection, offering legal pathways for forced migrants to reach a safer country. However, they have shortcomings that need to be addressed in order for the practice to serve as a model for an enhanced instrument of protection for humanitarian migrants elsewhere.
Jubilut, Liliana Lyra; Camila Sombra Muiños de Andrade & André de Lima Madureira (2016) Humanitarian visas: building on Brazil's experience, Forced Migration Review 53: 76–79.