Siddharth Urmil 
After assuming his second term at the White House, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to deport illegal immigrants. Since the beginning of February deportation of illegal immigrants has been ongoing.
Till now, two batches of illegal immigrants have been deported to India. The third batch of deportees is underway. This has given leeway to users on social media to spread misleading claims against India.
Claim
A post is going viral on social media which says, “BRICS member country Brazil has imposed a ban on the entry of Indian migrants.”
The originator of this post is Ironclad a Pak-based handle on X, this profile shares misinformation en mass against India on social media.
Fact Check
To investigate the claim, DFRAC searched the keywords to know about the ban imposed by Brazil on Indian migrants.
The search made by DFRAC led to the news report by ‘The Economic Times’ from 22 August 2024 stating that Brazilian authorities has imposed a ban on migrants from Asian countries such as India, Nepal, and Vietnam.
The report informed that the migrants used Brazil as a transit point to migrate to the US and Canada.
Conclusion
Thus, it is clear from the investigation from DFRAC that the viral claim is false. Brazil had imposed ban on migrants from India along with Nepal and Vietnam in 2024. This ban was made to curb the influx of migrants who used Brazil as a transit point to the US and Canada.
There has been no recent news of Brazil banning Indian migrants.
The viral post is misleading.
Aayushi Rana 
