Brazil

Question 1

What is the net migration in Brazil?

Answer 1

• 500,000 every four years

Question 2

there is a slowing down of emigration of…

Answer 2

lower skilled economic migrants to USA

Question 3

Increasing emigration of …

Answer 3

highly skilled workers to Europe, USA and Japan

Question 4

There has been lots of in-migration from…

Answer 4

Haiti and increasingly from African countries using Ecuador and Chile as transit countries

Question 5

why were there lots of international labour migrants in 2014 and 2016?

Answer 5

Construction workers for the 2014 world cup and the 2016 Olympics

Question 6

Where and why has there been INTERNAL migration?

Answer 6

from the North to the biggest cities in the South

Question 7

What have the Changes in patterns of immigration and emigration been?

Answer 7

• Late 19th century to early 20th century: Brazil was a net recipient of migrants
• Draw of agricultural workers from Italy and Portugal to coffee plantations
• Slowing of immigration into Brazil in the last 15 years
• 80,000 fewer migrants in Brazil at the start of the century

Question 8

Brazil –> Portugal migration:

Answer 8

• have had a bilateral relationship.
• Brazil was a former colony of Portugal and today, the Portuguese gov still gives special status to Brazilian migrants
• shared language, ancestry and family ties make integration easier

Question 9

Brazil –> USA

Answer 9

• thousands of low skilled economic migrants remit loads of money and skills and knowledge when returning, adding to Brazilian development.
• High skilled Brazilians increasingly finding work in the USA, also in teaching.
• US AID gives back many environmental projects, for example training tribes to protect their land from forest fires, and helping the Brazilian gov in implementing laws.

Question 10

Brazil –> Haiti

Answer 10

• The Brazilian gov has made it easier for Haitian immigrants to obtain Visas and therefore reduce there trafficking networks.
• This has made it easier for Haitians to recover from the massive earthquake in 2010 - made immigration into Brazil from Haiti grown by 900%
• Many go to the South east Brazil where low skilled jobs in agriculture and factories are available.
• 23% of Haiti’s GDP is from remittances

Question 11

Impact of Brazils migration on economic development:

Answer 11

• Recent arrivals of highly skilled workers help entrepreneurship, innovation and reducing gaps in the labour market.
• Waves of immigration from Portugal and japan have helped the agricultural sector
• Migrant remittances (0.2% of Brazils GDP) spent on house improvements, AD, education

Question 12

Impact of Brazils migration on political Stability

Answer 12

• Brazil has a stable and democratic political system, also a member of G20 and one of the BRIC group of emerging countries.
• Membership of Mercosur - a trading bloc of trade, capital and labour migration… has helped build stability and SA integration
• Stable political relationships with countries which it has bilateral migrant flows - USA, Japan and Portugal

Question 13

Impact of Brazils migration on Social Equality

Answer 13

• There are inequalities between ethnic groups, housing, access to jobs, services and healthcare.
• Lots of poverty in rural areas or in favelas where the poor migrate to
• There is prejudice and discrimination in the labour market, especially against black and indigenous populations, impeding there full economic and social potential.