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Accepted Paper:
National social conferencies in Brazil between 2003 and 2012: an analyis of proposals for migrants and refugees
Gustavo Simoes
(Universidade de Brasilia)
Paper short abstract:
The paper analyzes the national social conferencies between 2003 and 2012 seeking proposals aimed at refugee and migrant populations.
Paper long abstract:
National Social Conferencies has been a democratic tool used by Brazilian Governments since the 1930s. In the last few years there were a large number of national social conferencies in Brazil regarding topics from Regional Development to Human Rights. The paper analyzes the national social conferencies between 2003-2012 seeking proposals aimed at refugee and migrant populations. The objective is to identify these proposals and search the main difficulties refugees and migrants suffer while integrating themselves in Brazilian society. It will also identify the size of inmigration and refugee issues in Brazilian Society. The hypothesis is that Migrants and Refugees issues are not a major concern in Brazil. In order to identify the proposals, the paper will search for those concerning refugees and migrants in all conferencies final reports.