brazil and migration
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- Created on: 05-06-19 18:08
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- brazil and migration
- general info
- 7th largest economy in world
- leading power of south america
- average gdp per capita of $5823
- current spatial patterns of immigration and emigration
- 2005 - 2009; net migration loss of half a million
- 2007-2014; net migration loss of 190, 000
- increased migration between brazil and neighbouring countries
- slowed emigration of low skilled emigrants to USA
- increased emigration of high skilled workers to Europe, USA and Japan
- influx of migrants from Haiti as well as some African countries
- rise in international labour markets for world cup an d olympic games
- changes in immigration and emigration over time
- ex colony of portugal, relationship remains
- 18th and 19th century - brazil a net recipient of migrants from europeans attracted to coffee industry
- strong links with neighbouring countries
- in 2000 0.98 million Brazilians lived abroad. in 2013 this rose to 1.77 million
- USA and Japan have largest Brazilian populations outside of Brazil with 370,000
- largest group of migrants in Brazil are Portuguese, with 140,000
- interdependence and migrant flows
- portugal
- longstanding bilteral relatinship as brazil is a former colony
- portugal a gateway to europe
- shared language, religion and ancestry
- USA
- low skilled economic migrants bring back new skills, gain remittances to help brazilian development
- the countries have negotiated agreements in agriculture, trade, finance, education
- USAID gives support to environmental projects such as forest management
- haiti
- humanitarian relationship
- National Immigration Council allows Haitians to obtain visas with relative ease to prevent issues like people smuggling
- 11,072 Haitian migrants in Brazil in 2013
- portugal
- the impacts of migration
- economic development
- previous waves of migrants from Europe and Japan have established agriculture industries
- arrival of highly skilled bring new ideas and development
- remittances contribute $2.4 billion, 0.1% of total gdp
- political stability
- stable democracy, Mercosur leaders
- stable relationships between USA, Portugal and Japan
- receiver of environmental and political refugees
- economic development
- social equality
- UNESCO note ethnic inequalities in housing provision, access to services, educational attainment and income
- Brazilian Africans worse treated
- spatial inequalities in favelas and rural areas
- prejudice and discrimination in labour markets against black and indigenous groups
- general info
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