THE INVISIBLE ONES IN THE ISLAND OF DESTERRO: THE NEW FLOWS OF IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES IN FLORIANÓPOLIS

Abstract

This work seeks to identify the peculiarities of the recent international migration flows to the region of Great Florianópolis, whose multiplicities have led to a reconfiguration of the demographic profile of the capital of Santa Catarina. The research, carried out in the period from 2015 to 2017, used methods and techniques of qualitative research (documental analysis) and quantitative research (closed institutional register). The investigation focused on the survey of information and analysis of profile of a sample of 1783 immigrants and refugees assisted by the Extension Project "Cátedra Sérgio Vieira de Mello: Immigrant and Refugee Support Center” from the Federal University of Santa Catarina, in partnership with Migrant’s Pastoral. This pioneering study in the context of the current migrations in the region has shown, in the ultimate extent, that non-white immigrants and refugees from the south-south axis are invisibilized and, due to the absence of state and municipal public policies of integration and reception, they are subject to worrying processes of hyper-vulnerability.

Keywords

• imigrantes e refugiados, migrações sul-sul, pastoral do migrante/nair/ufsc/florianópolis