Cláudia Pereira has a doctorate and a degree in anthropology from ISCTE-IUL. Researcher at ISCTE-IUL, she is integrated in the Center for Research and Studies of Sociology. In 2012, she initiated a post-doctoral project in sociology on the relationship between the financial crisis and qualified Portuguese emigration to London, particularly nurses. She was executive coordinator of the Emigration Observatory from 2017 to 2019. She is currently the Secretary of State for Integration and Migration. Her current research interests include emigration and immigration, labour trafficking and skilled migration. Among other publications, he coorganized the open access book New and Old Routes of Portuguese Emigration. Uncertain Futures at the Periphery of Europe. +