Who are Brazilian migrants in Ireland?
An Overview and Insights
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https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-858525038800033204Keywords:
Brazilian emigration, Ireland, characterisation of immigrants, trajectoriesAbstract
This text presents a thorough discussion on the complexity of Brazilian profiles in Ireland. I use comprehensive data from my field research, conducted between March and July 2022, to create some profiles and then contrast them in a debate with the existing literature on the subject. I intend to highlight the complexity of the experience of Brazilian immigrants in Ireland and also indicate how a description of who they are involves discussing the intertwining processes of trajectories, which combine all the most common variables of analysis, such as income, schooling, forms of documentation, and others.
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