O direito efetivo à educação de crianças migrantes e refugiadas em Uberlândia: um estudo sobre as políticas de integração e soluções duradouras

Abstract

This work seeks to understand the process of local integration of migrant children and refugees in Uberlândia through the public school system. For this, a bibliographic survey will be carried out on the concepts used to deal with international immigrants and on the historical role of Brazil in the reception of immigrants, a documental analysis will be carried out to identify the national legislation that protects the access of migrants and refugees to the education system. and an empirical analysis of the situation of young migrants and refugees in Uberlândia, based on data collected by the GEUCI-UFU, the NEPO Observatory - Unicamp and the Cooperation Project for the Analysis of Refugee Decisions. The Federal Constitution of 1988, Law No. 9,394/96, Law No. 9,474/97, the new Migration Law No. 13,445/17 and Resolution 1 of November 13, 2020 of the National Council of Education, guarantee free access to immigrants to education, without distinguishing the condition of the immigrant, however, the Brazilian State does not have public policies that contribute to the permanence and integration of immigrants in schools. Therefore, civil society and higher education institutions act in order to make up for the absence of policies and work to incorporate pedagogical projects in schools that use the teaching of Portuguese as a host language for imigrants, and multicultural activities that allow the immigrant identify with the content taught and trigger an exchange of knowledge between recipients and externals.