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Volume 57, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1007-1041

Neither refugees, nor migrants: The arrival of Haitians to the city of Tabatinga (Amazonas) [Nem Refugiados, nem Migrantes: A Chegada dos Haitianos à Cidade de Tabatinga (Amazonas)] (Article) (Open Access)

Véran J.-F.* , da Silva Noal D. , Fainstat T.
  • a Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Sociais (IFCS), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
  • b Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
  • c John Howard Society, Kingston, ON, Canada

Abstract

This article sets out to analyze the migration of 4,000 Haitians between the beginning of 2010 and March of 2012 in Tabatinga (Amazonas), as a “critical event” in the history of recentmigrations to Brazil. Based on onsitework by the Doctors Without Borders international organization, this text highlights the limits of the legal and operational response at themunicipal, state and federal levels. This scale-based analytical approach allows for a comprehension of the convergence of elements and circumstances, which produced the humanitarian situation in Tabatinga. At the very time Brazil enters global migration routes, this article intends to contribute to the debate on Brazilian migratory policy reform. © 2014, Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Politicos (IESP), UERJ. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

Haiti Migration Amazonia Tabatinga

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84923530903&doi=10.1590%2f00115258201431&partnerID=40&md5=6b5574cb6b07d19420fc68c3272df3f9
DOI: 10.1590/00115258201431
ISSN: 00115258
Cited by: 6
Original Language: English; Portuguese; Spanish