Hospitalidade e migrações : nesta terra somos todos migrantes. A percepção dos representantes sociais acerca da hospitalidade em Caxias do Sul

Abstract

Human migration has been an important theme in society due to the considerable number of migration movements happening lately. In Rio Grande do Sul this movement has increased and as a result there is a greater interest in this research area. Thus, this study intends to investigate the hospitality conditions of some of the private and public services that attend immigrants in the city of Caxias do Sul in order to understand how these institutions proceed to receive migrants. The discussion over the human migration movement exposes the institution’s intricacies to accept the incoming migranting people in the city. The aim is to better understand the quality of receiving these migrants. For example, in the city of Caxias do Sul is notable that immigrants from the past, like the Senegalese, immigrated to Brazil for labor reasons. However, this migration caused cultural conflicts and impacts due to the different characteristics from each people. The current study uses the content analysis method to comprehend the present speeches in interviews with ten spokesperson from the public and the private scope of the Caxias do Sul County. As research results point out, it is clear that there are different understandings on the hospitality matter among the people interviewed. The analytical categories that emerged from these discourses show the difficulty of receiving, the act of receiving and visible contradictions that the city faces when receiving migrants. The categories are: hospitality as reception, hospitality as virtue and charity, alterity, the presence of prejudice as a sign of hostility, ethic and hospitality, and the difficulties of the city in welcoming. The results show that there is a difference in the care by the public and the private domain. The conflicts in the city are a manifestation of physical aggression, racism, and xenophobia even though there are groups that welcome and assist the migrants outside the manufacturing surroundings and on a variety of required social demands for their inclusion in the city.