Informative immigration solidarity. An advanced study on solidarity among haitians in Brazil

Resumen

The main objective of this research was to investigate the relationship between Haitians in the WhatsApp group (Haitians in Brazil) from the perspective of maintaining solidarity during and after the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. A secondary objective is to analyze the role of solidarity in other groups and communities with a strong presence of Haitians.  We sought to answer the following questions: How can the existence of solidarity among Haitians be explained in the context of the pandemic and post-pandemic in Brazil? And the second question was: how can solidarity contribute to Brazil becoming the promised land for Haitians? We opted for two methodologies: content analysis and interpretive social research used to analyze the data of 56 respondents, obtained first by a questionnaire composed of 17 questions and a second moment with Haitian residents in the city of Cascavel-PR, Brazil, which involved 21 Haitian citizens, between August 12 and 25, 2024. To obtain the best results from a qualitative investigation such as this one, the theory of functionalism was used as a function of immigration informational solidarity. The conclusion is that solidarity in the Haitian context continues to take place during and after the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, even though it is not enough to reduce the discrimination, prejudice, low wages, etc. that drive Haitians' desire to migrate to other countries, Brazil is not the promised land for these Haitian immigrants.