THE NORTHEAST MIGRATION TO THE SOUTHEAST REGION OF BRAZIL: a look at the town of Baixa Grande in the municipality of São Bernardo/MA

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.973332329039

• Palavras-chave: Migration, Town, Baixa Grande, Young people

• Keywords: Migration, Town, Baixa Grande, Young people

• Abstract:

  This research sought to understand the reason for the migration of young people from the town of Baixa Grande, in the municipality of São Bernardo/MA, to the Southeast region of Brazil, to the state of São Paulo, to work in sugarcane plantations and in civil construction. To carry out this work, I carried out exploratory and explanatory research of an applied nature, with a qualitative approach, with the application of semi-structured interviews with young people who were moving to the Southeast of the country. The results revealed that most of the migrants who move to another region provide a scenario of economic and population rearrangement and (re)distribution, the metropolitan regions play a relevant role in this process, which is the search for better living conditions, precisely because of the lack of opportunities in their hometown, which mostly has municipal services. The minimally favorable conditions for a dignified survival remove the individual from living close to the family to a difficult life far from the family environment.