Migrações transfronteiriças e transformações sociais em Matutuíne 1970s-2000

Abstract

The present work aims at the Socio-Economic Impact of Cross-border Migrations on Local Economies. The research analyses, on the one hand, the existing relationship between the migratory dynamics and the economy of the Matutuíne district and its implications for social transformations. On the other hand, it seeks to identify new trends in the migratory phenomenon, particularly for the post-conflict period in Mozambique. In order to better achieve the objectives it proposes to achieve, the study is structured in four chapters including the introduction. The second chapter provides a geographic and socio-economic contextualization of the region under study, in the period between 1970 -2000; the third explores issues related to new migratory trends with particular emphasis on the post-armed conflict period in Mozambique. The fourth and final chapter analyzes the socio-economic impact of cross-border migrations and their role in social transformations. The methodological component for carrying out this research consisted of bibliographic research and semi-structured interviews with the target group. The main result of this work is the realization that the low visibility of the social transformations resulting from the migratory work in Matutuíne results from the combination of several factors, namely, the destructive legacy of the armed conflict that disrupted the base from which they emerged and reproduced. the local elites. On the other hand, the long period of stay in neighboring countries has led many migrants to integrate themselves into the different spheres of socio-economic life in these countries, capitalizing their income there. It was also found that another factor that impedes the process of social transformation is the hiring of the South African labor market, thus resulting in a wave of unemployment among the migrant class that is aggravated by the low salary earned in the agricultural and livestock sector, where the majority of migrant workers are confined (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)