Proceedings of the 10th International Academic Conference, Vienna

HIGH-SKILLED WORKERS FROM EUROPE MOVE TO BRAZIL FOR BETTER JOB OPPORTUNITIES

GILDA AMARAL C MOMO

Abstract:

The economic crises that developed capitalist countries faced in the beginning of this century cause thousands of Americans and Europeans to leave their countries in search of better working conditions. These new immigrants are heading to emerging countries like Brazil that by presenting a more solid economy and little affected by the crisis is attracting more and more professionals from developed countries that are likely to fill the gap of lack of qualified professionals in the country. The objective of this article is to study the high-skilled immigration to Brazil in the 21st century. Through survey data obtained from the Ministry of Labour of Brazil [2013] the largest contingent of immigrants comes from the United States, Asia and Europe. However, Europeans make up the largest group of skilled immigrants in Brazil today. We intend to analyze these immigrants by, professional activity, the areas they work in Brazil and gender. We use reports on the life history of these immigrants with personal accounts about the advantages and disadvantages of working in a country so distant and multiethnic as Brazil. The work raises chances that the international economic crisis and social networking were important factors in the decision to migrate to Brazil. Hypotheses that will be confirmed by the search result. Although the phenomenon of skilled immigration is not recent, it is little studied and the dissertation will enrich that study by presenting a single fact in the history of Brazilian immigration with a wealth of amazing data about this new international migratory flow which begins in the 21st century, where high professional qualification requirement determines human mobility on the world stage.

Keywords: Brazil, European Immigrants, High-skilled migration, Foreign Profissionals, Globalization.

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