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Transnationalism and the Portuguese Community in Australia

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Sofia Vilhena*, Dulce Pimentel** e José Carlos Marques***

This study, employing the "Transnationalism and the Portuguese Community in Australia" questionnaire to a sample of 126 individuals, aimed to investigate their sociodemographic attributes, migratory journeys, the nature of their links to Portugal (with a focus on transnational practices), and their integration experiences within Australia, a historical destination for Portuguese emigration.

Series OEm Fact Sheets
Number 20
Date October 2025
Pages 40
ISNN   2183-4385
DOI  10.15847/CIESOEMFS202025
URI
Keywords  Portuguese emigration, Australia, integration, transnationalism
Contents  Introduction. Sociodemographic characterisation. Migration experience. Transnationalism – links to Portugal. Integration in Australia. Reflection. Note on the data. Meta-information. Bibliographical references.
Cite as  Vilhena, Sofia, Dulce Pimentel e José Carlos Marques (2025), “Transnacionalismo e a comunidade portuguesa na Austrália”, OEm Fact Sheets, 20, Observatório da Emigração, CIES, Iscte, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. DOI: 10.15847/CIESOEMFS202025.

Graph 9 Push factors – reasons for leaving Portugal

Source Graph by OEm, data from the survey “Transnationalism and the Portuguese community in Australia”.

*FCSH – Universidade Nova de Lisboa, ** CICS.NOVA, FCSH-UNL, *** CICS.NOVA, IPL

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