Migração e mobilidade na fronteira (original) (raw)

It is a research on international migration and mobility on the border of the Brazilian Amazon. The goal of this study is to analyze migration and mobility in Brazilian Amazon in front the spatial concentration of international immigrants in twin cities and the formation of life's spaces on the border. From the Brazilian Demographic Census of 2010, the largest concentration of foreign immigrants is identified in the municipalities over the border, especially the adjacent countries, the Amazonian countries. However, due to the low volume of international immigrants in Brazilian Amazon compared to the population in the region, lifetime migrants data are used. Thus, in terms of accumulated migration, Bolivia stands out with the largest volumes of foreigners in Brazilian Amazon. We use complementary sources such as the Brazilian Demographic Census of 2000, PNADs of 2011, 2012, 2013 to identify the increase of the presence of foreigners in Brazilian Amazon; And the Bolivia Population Census of 2012 to show that there is also a concentration of foreign residents on the Bolivian side of the border with stand out for Brazilian immigrants. The spatial configuration highlights the importance of twin cities such as Guajará-Mirim (Brazil) and Guayaramerín (Bolivia) in this dynamic. However, the porosity of the border is shaped by the mobility of people and not necessarily by migration. Due to mobility, Courgeau's concept of "life space" (1988) was used as a theoretical methodological proposal to integrate macro (regional scale) and micro (local scale) approaches as well as quantitative and qualitative approaches to rethink the role of the border in Demographic dynamics. It is important to emphasize that the use and application of the concept of "life space" is carried out according to the work of Domenach and Picouet (1990) in which they present an operationalization of the concept from the base residence. It is concluded that international migration and mobility at the border are complementary processes that help to understand the social dynamics of twin cities. In the sense that they articulate different scales of phenomena related to the spatial distribution of the population in Brazilian Amazon, constituting spaces of life with specific characteristics configured by the practice of transnational activities of those who reside there and use the border.

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