Haitian diaspora: first studies on impacts on urban and regional development in the southern and northern regions of Brazil

Abstract

It is known that the Brazilian development included, to a large extent, the direct participation of transnational migrants who arrived in Brazil early (1530), in search of better living conditions. It is still known that, for the subhuman degrading conditions the majority was and / or is exposed, and for the significant contribution in the economical, social and cultural growth of Brazil, we feel in historical debt regarding them. In more recent periods, a continuous flow of entry of migrant and refugees is registered in the country with the same objectives, and, basically, under the same conditions. From 2010, it is witnessed a new phenomenon – characterized by the Haitian diaspora, especially the spatial mobility of workers, already considered one of the largest in the l ast 100 years. To contribute to the issue, the text has the purpose of socializing first data and results of studies conducted from 2013, by researchers from universities of South and North regions of Brazil