Title   Os Portugueses na Austrália: uma análise a partir do estágio no Observatório da Emigração (Original)
          Portuguese in Australia: an analysis based on the internship at the Emigration Observatory (EN)
Author  Sofia Isabel Pimenta de Vilhena
Advisor  Maria Dulce de Oliveira Pimentel Antunes and José Carlos Laranjo Marques
Year  2024
Institution  Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FCSH), Univeristy Nova of Lisbon
Degree  Masters
Area  Migrations, Inter-ethinicities and transnactionalism
Keywords  Portuguese emigration, Australia, Transnationalism, Emigration statistics, Internship report
URI http://hdl.handle.net/10362/179342

Abstract

This report presents the internship results at the Emigration Observatory, between October 2023 and March 2024. The phenomenon of Portuguese emigration in Australia, one of the main destinations for Portuguese emigration, is analyzed using quantitative methods and, to a lesser extent, qualitative methods. These allow a detailed study of the main characteristics of Portuguese emigration in Australia, through statistical data gathered in two documents, the Country Report and the Fact Sheet. In the latter, the transnational practices of Brazilians in Australia are analysed, through the application of a questionnaire survey. Both documents are regular publications of the Emigration Observatory. To frame the data, it was considered reasonable to proceed with a bidirectional contextualization of the emigration phenomenon: first, of the issuing state, Portugal, proceeding with a historical and contemporary characterization of the migratory phenomenon, as well as the structures (formal and informal) that act as bases for the emigration phenomenon of migrant transnationalism; Australia is then contextualized as a country receiving immigration, whose approach to migration and diversity is based on a multicultural policy, favourable to the exercise of transnational practices. After exploring the results, it appears that the use of transnational practices is not a prominent characteristic of the Portuguese in Australia. Thus, we are facing a low-intensity transnationalism, dependent on the emotional and affective ties that link migrants to their origin. This is indicative of a predominantly symbolic transnationalism.