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A refugee sleeps on the floor of the Iñapari church. Blankets, mattresses, utensils-material that the civil defense services kept for emergencies-were used by the Haitians.
The aim of the project was to explore the conditions of Haitian immigrants who were stranded for four months in the Peruvian border with Brazil, while in search of the Brazilian dream. They set out on a long and expensive journey to Brazil, which had drawn some 4.500 Haitians until that time. A large number of Haitian immigrants seeking humanitarian refuge in Brazil, were victims of mafias and people traffickers who charged them larges amounts of money to take thee clandestinely through the rainforest to the other side of the border. The project began in Iñapari, a remote town in the Peruvian part of the Amazon rainforest bordering with Assis, in Brazil, where more than 250 Haitian were stranded after the Brazilian government restricted the entry of immigrants into the country. This regulation was introduced in the beginning of the year, trying to stop the wave of Haitian immigrants that was triggered by the 2010 earthquake. Despite the absence of necessary services and adequate infrastructure, Iñapari became a temporary refuge, while the Haitians waited anxiously to cross the border.

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