SURVIVAL STRATEGIES, INTEGRATION, REGULARISATION AND TRANSNATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF DOCUMENTED AND UNDOCUMENTED BRAZILIAN IMMIGRANTS IN EUROPE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY IN LONDON MILAN

This research has two objectives: to explore the ways documented and undocumented Brazilian migrants living and working in London and Milan. The aim is to analyses Brazilian migrants’ accounts the full range of entrance, survival, integration and legalisation strategies. The second objective analyses the role of transnational activities between Brazilian’s documented and undocumented living in two different cities of Europe: Milan and London. Few studies in Europe have focused on groups coming from the same place of origin and residing in different cities in comparative studies. It is this international comparison that makes this research original. It was collected 40 In-depth interviews with documented and undocumented Brazilian migrants split in: Milan (20) and London (20). Starting from the point of view of the migrant, this study provided information of everyday experience of documented and undocumented Brazilian immigrants in London and Milan and to analyses the transitional political, economic and socio cultural activities. Compare documented and undocumented migrants whether they live, work and survive. This dissertation considers the various social, cultural, political, and economic activities of documented and undocumented Brazilian in receiving context and analyses this experience as further process for survive, regularised and integrate. Results from this thesis show that there are differences between documented and undocumented brazilian migrants in both London and Milan, and that undocumented in both countries make use of fake documents as strategy to get a job and health care.