From Haiti to the ‘New Land’: life context and migration process of Haitian families

This qualitative study aimed to characterize the life context and the meanings attributed to the migration process of Haitian families. Seven Haitian mothers who had children in Brazil participated in the research. In data collection, the combination of in-depth interview and Genogram Mecha were use...

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Autores: Risson, Ana Paula, Moré, Carmen Leontina Ojeda Ocampo
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Brasil
Recursos:Centro Scalabriniano de Estudos Migratórios (CSEM)
Repositorio:REMHU (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:remhu.csem.br:article/1780
Acesso em linha:https://remhu.csem.org.br/index.php/remhu/article/view/1780
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:international migration
immigrant family
Haitians
life context
migração internacional
família imigrante
haitianos
contexto de vida
Descrição
Resumo:This qualitative study aimed to characterize the life context and the meanings attributed to the migration process of Haitian families. Seven Haitian mothers who had children in Brazil participated in the research. In data collection, the combination of in-depth interview and Genogram Mecha were used. The organization and analysis of the data were based on the Grounded Theory and the help of the Atlas.ti 22.1.0 software, from which five categories of analysis emerged. The results showed that the living condition in Haiti was configured as a stressor in the family life cycle and drove the migratory process. It was identified that migration meant the possibility of a life with more security, access to health, education, and job opportunities. It was observed that ambivalence of feelings accompanied the whole migratory process, which, added to the language barrier and the grief experienced, strained the decision to migrate and the arrival in Brazil