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Author(s): | Azevedo, L. F. de França, T. Cairns, D. |
Date: | 2022 |
Title: | “You’re better being poor here”: Migration decision-making and political and lifestyle considerations among qualified Brazilians in Portugal |
Journal title: | Migraciones |
Number: | 56 |
Pages: | 1 - 16 |
Reference: | Azevedo, L. F. de, França, T., & Cairns, D. (2022). “You’re better being poor here”: Migration decision-making and political and lifestyle considerations among qualified Brazilians in Portugal. Migraciones, 56, 1-16. http://dx.doi.org/10.14422/mig.2022.020 |
ISSN: | 2341-0833 |
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | 10.14422/mig.2022.020 |
Keywords: | Migration decision-making Highly qualified Political instability Brazil Portugal |
Abstract: | This article looks at the migration of qualified Brazilians to Portugal, with reference to the impact of political developments in Brazil on migration decision-making processes and their lifestyle aspirations in the host society. Original fieldwork consists of twenty in-depth interviews conducted with qualified Brazilians in the Lisbon area during 2019. These interviews illustrate how political and economic instability in Brazil contributed to establishing a strong migration imperative. In this scenario, Portugal is chosen as a destination due to its perceived social stability and emergence as a fashionable destination for skilled workers, with the promise of a “cosmopolitan” life. In conclusion, we emphasise the need to consider how political conditions in a sending society and lifestyle considerations interact in the migration decision-making of skilled migrants. This approach confronts assumptions that serve to disguise the precariousness of many Brazilian migrants in Portugal due to their relatively high skill levels and raising long-term concerns regarding the sustainability of lifestyle-oriented migration. |
Peerreviewed: | yes |
Access type: | Open Access |
Appears in Collections: | CIES-RI - Artigos em revistas científicas internacionais com arbitragem científica |
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