O “Retorno voluntário assistido” e a “reintegração sustentável”: um estudo de caso do fluxo migracional Portugal-Brasil na segunda década do século XXI

Abstract

The migration processes are remarkable in History and its broadness encompasses a less studied subject: the return migration or remigration. Important statistic reports that deal with migration inform the flux, leaving from the birthplace to an arrival country. In contrast, few consider, or ignore, the process of remigration, when it happens. This work aims to supply with bibliography for that subject. The emigrants face many problems and struggle to (re)adapt to their birthplace. Thus, this academic research intents to analyze the return and reintegration processes for Brazilian migrants who lived in Portugal and have returned through the Voluntary Return and Reintegration Support Program (ARVoRe VI e VII) and its extensions, “Return Support – Information and Consult Network” (SuRRIA) and “Complementary Mutual Legal Mechanism for the Sustainable Reintegration in Brazil” (SURE) from 2013 to 2020. The academic research will discuss in its first chapter some of the main international migration theories, the concept of migration governance, as well as the concept of return migration. Following, it will be analyzed within the Portugal-Brazilian context, the allottee profile of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Last, the data and reports presented from those initiatives will aid in the search for a better understanding of the Brazilian position in regards of global governance policies towards the return and sustainable reintegration of those remigrants.