Brazil EDC migration CS Flashcards
1
Q
Net migration loss from 2000-2009?
A
500,000, although slowed down since.
2
Q
Push factors for Brazilian citizens?
A
Few job opportunities, low wages, difficult and unprofitable farming.
3
Q
Pull factors for Brazilian migrants?
A
Portuguese colonial history allows for speakers to return to country by obtaining visa - It is the countries main source of remittances.
Japanese immigrants from 1907 agreement (coffee cultivators) returning to country.
4
Q
Illegal route to AC for Brazilians
A
Human traffickers taking Brazilians by boat from Bahamas to Florida - Dangerous route, 10ft high waves off Miami + shark waters + 39 drowned 2 months back.
5
Q
Immigration into Brazil + inequality
A
Haitians into Brazil after earthquake in 2010. Faced discrimination however.
