Imigrações contemporâneas no Brasil: haitianos no Amazonas.

Abstract

The related master's research aimed to show the status of Haitian immigration in the Amazon region, the relevant actors in welcoming these people, subjects in the receiving process and their effective treatment. Within this purpose, means the reality of immigration in actuality, signaled by conflict and confrontation in distinct characters. The immigration of Haitians to Brazil started in December 2010 adding approximately six thousands individuals along almost three years (2010 – 2013) with the input stream in Brazil, a phenomenon located in the triborder location of Peru-Colombia-Brazil, in the city of Tabatinga and Manaus / AM, place that defines temporality and location of this study. The methods used in the research were the collection of secondary data; bibliographic and primary data obtained from the Haitian immigrants in early records, conducted in the beginning of 2012 in Tabatinga, AM, and structured interviews, applied to immigrants and those responsible for their accommodation in Manaus, AM, in 2013. The performed analysis allowed bringing the relevant aspects about the travel reports of Haitians in order to understand their core expulsion related to political, social and economic conditions in Haiti and the experiences, perspectives, disappointments and challenges of immigrants in Brazil. The understanding of the migratory movement - the phenomenon demonstrated by the study, has a political relevance to input necessity to host communities, to social movements and to the government agencies. Regulating flows, establishing criteria for entry and residence in the country and involving issues about full access to the networks of public policies for health, safety, education, to generate employment and income that meet effectively in supporting social and personal vulnerabilities, subject to the action of profiteers.