{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} {{infobox ethnic group | group = Palestinian Brazilian<br>''Palestino-brasileiro''<br>فلسطينيو البرازيل | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = {{flagicon|Brazil}}{{flagicon|Palestine}} | population = '''65,000'''<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-03-23|title=Governo do Estado de São Paulo - Memorial do Imigrante|url=http://www.memorialdoimigrante.org.br/historico/e4.htm|access-date=2020-11-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323120645/http://www.memorialdoimigrante.org.br/historico/e4.htm|archive-date=2009-03-23}}</ref> | poptime = | popplace = Rio Grande do Sul, Aracaju, São Paulo, Curitiba | langs = Palestinian Arabic, Portuguese | rels = Roman Catholicism and Islam | related = Other Brazilian and Palestinian people<br>Asian Brazilians }} '''Palestinian Brazilians''' ({{langx|pt|Palestino-brasileiro}}; {{langx|ar|فلسطينيو البرازيل|translit=Filasṭīnīyū al-Barāzīl}}) are Brazilian people with Palestinian ancestry, or Palestinian-born immigrants in Brazil.
==Palestinian refugees in Brazil== [[Image:Por-do-sol em Porto Alegre, vista da Ilha da Pintada.jpg|thumb|Greater Porto Alegre received many Palestinian refugees]] The starting point for the Palestinian exodus process to Brazil is the year 1948, with the Nakba, the expulsion that occurred after the Declaration of Independence of the State of Israel and the Arab-Israeli war that subsequently began. In addition to the first wave of immigration after 1948, other immigration movements occurred after conflicts between Palestine and Israel in the second half of the 20th century, especially after the Six-Day War of 1967, the Massacre of Sabra and Shatila in 1982 and the First Intifada in 1987.
The exact numbers related to Palestinian immigration (especially in the so-called first wave) are difficult to specify, as many of the immigrants entered Brazil and other Latin American countries in different ways: while some entered with the status of Palestinian refugees, others immigrated using documents of Israel and Jordan.
The choice to use Israeli or Jordanian documents gave immigrants a certain independence of travel and citizenship, since Palestinian refugee status would not guarantee them the benefits of belonging to a national state, in addition to the precarious conditions of refugee camps.
It is estimated that 60,000 Palestinian immigrants and refugees, including their descendants, live in the country, the majority of them in São Paulo, according to a survey by the Arab-Palestinian Federation of Brazil (Fepal). Most settled in the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest in the nation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.juancole.com/2007/09/escobar-on-palestinian-refugees-in.html|title=Escobar on Palestinian Refugees in Brazil|date=September 24, 2007|website=Informed Comment|access-date=29 November 2023|archive-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107015022/https://www.juancole.com/2007/09/escobar-on-palestinian-refugees-in.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2023, over 325 asylum applications were received from Palestinians and sixty from Arab-Israelis. These requests are still awaiting a decision from the Brazilian National Committee for Refugees (Conare). The information is from the Ministry of Justice and Public Security of Brazil.
==See also== * Immigration to Brazil * Arab Brazilians * Asian Brazilians * Comitê Brasileiro de Interesse Nacional Palestino
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Ancestry and ethnicity in Brazil}} {{Brazil topics}} {{Palestinian diaspora}}
Category:Arab diaspora in Brazil Brazil Category:Brazilian people of Palestinian descent Category:Brazil–Palestine relations