Processo Migratório na Ilha do Marajó: a trajetória dos migrantes para o Município de Chaves

Abstract

The migration process on Marajó Island has been shown over time to be a phenomenon that causes the displacement of traditional populations in search of better living conditions. However, the few studies on the causes of this migration have made it very difficult to better understand the intensity of the problem and the social consequences that it causes in the riverside communities. On the other hand, the reflections focused on here deal with the migration among people who decided to return from the city of Belém-PA to the Municipality of Chaves Rio Cururu (place of origin) and who had the "fishing activity" as an alternative for survival. Other people have also returned from several municipalities on the island of Marajó, such as: Breves, Santa Cruz do Arari, Cachoeira do Arari, Ponta de Pedras, and others. This work is linked to the project "Fishing conflicts in riparian and coastal communities in the Amazon: a contribution to the studies and management of socio-environmental conflicts in fishing communities in this region. In this study we used participant observation and interviews accompanied by a questionnaire, thus, the work offers initial data on the process of migration back to their place of origin: the case of the Municipality of Chaves Rio Cururu, considering: 1) The cause of decision making, deals with the low schooling of these migrants, for this reason they could not compete in the labor market; 2) The return to the Family and their social relations. This deals with the family group as a remarkable social base in any society and where the first sociability is received, because it is what one can count on in difficult times, so this migrant does not exist in going back to his family; 3) Fishing as a survival alternative, deals with the migrant who arrives and has artisanal fishing as a survival alternative. But, this fisherman is still very prejudiced by the conflicts; 4) The Services: Education and Health who still seek these services in the capital or nearby cities; 5) An Anthropological Look that deals with a "traditional population" that has been studied as a backdrop for large project achievements.