Beyond the New Migration Law: The Challenges of Brazilian Migration Policy in the Face of New South-South Migration Flows

Abstract

This article analyzes the Brazilian State's responses to the arrival of the south migratory flows to Brazil. The study empirically focuses on Haitian migration in Brazil. We argued the Brazilian migration policies have focused until now mainly in the reception process of immigrants. The New Migration Law (13.445/2017) and Regulatory Resolutions have allowed a regulated entry of Haitian immigrants in Brazil. However, the qualitative research conducted with Haitians in Brasília and Curitiba in 2018-1019, named “Immigration and economic crisis. Haitian return migration and circularity tactics” has showed there are still pending challenges, which the policies has not tackled. In sum, this study showed that in Brazil up to now the integration mechanisms have not developed at the same pace as the flow management rules.