Discricionaridade e burocratas: ações públicas relacionadas com migração haitiana no município Chapecó-Santa Catarina

Abstract

This thesis has as its theme socio-state interactions in the construction of public actions for Haitian immigrants in the municipality of Chapecó - SC. The migratory process in Haiti is amovement that began before the 20th century. XXI, however, it is at the end of the 20 thcentury and in the second half of the 21st century that it intensifies towards the Global South, mainly heading towards Brazil. The intensification in the last decade occurs due to political, religious, climatic and economic reasons, but what differentiates it is the search for new routes, and it is in this context that Brazil starts to receive a significant number of migrants. These new contexts challenge the municipalities that receive these populations to adapt to this process, as is the case in the municipality studied. With the arrival of a significant number of immigrants attracted by the job offer that the municipalities offer, social demands emerge from this population, such as language difficulties, health, education, social assistance and housing demands. This causes civil society, the market and some State institutions, in the absence of structured public policies for this population, to develop public actions with the aim of meeting/minimizing these demands with the aim of creating the minimum social conditions for this population. population to integrate into society. Qualitative methodology was used for the study, based on document analysis and carrying out 10 semi-structured interviews. In this sense, we conclude that public actions for the immigrant population of the municipality of Chapecó occurred based on demands raised by public bodies, NGOs and religious institutions. Public actions take place through the involvement of street-level bureaucrats who use their discretion to develop instruments that meet the demands of this population.