Revista Conjuntura Austral (Nov 2013)

HAITIAN IMIGRATION TO BRAZIL: CAUSES AND CHALLENGES

  • Isaias Albertin de Moraes,
  • Carlos Alberto Alencar de Andrade,
  • Beatriz Rodrigues Bessa Mattos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22456/2178-8839.35798
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 20
pp. 95 – 114

Abstract

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The article aims to analyze the recent Haitian immigration to Brazil. The text uses concepts such as humanitarian visa and refuge. The text uses as theoretical basis the authors of the History-structuralist theory to understand the factors of attraction and repulsion present in this migratory movement. The study, in the end, seeks investigate the actions and the political-administrative structure of Brazil to deal with immigrants.

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