Webinarium migracyjne – październik 2025

Centre for Migration Studies at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań invites you to this month’s webinar given by Patrícia Nabuco Martuscelli titled 'Mapping Humanitarian visa policies in Brazil (HUMANVISA)'. 

Date: 23rd October 2025, Thursday, from 17.00 to 18.30 (CET), online (zoom).

Everyone is welcome and you can register here: https://forms.gle/LqZGCRnNN2FvTLqL9

Abstract: This project, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC-UKRI) explores humanitarian visas (HVs) in Brazil, focusing on their use in South-South migration corridors, a topic underrepresented in current research. Brazil has granted HVs to Haitians, Syrians, Afghans, and Ukrainians since 2012, yet the policies remain poorly defined and inconsistently applied. The study aims to understand how Brazilian stakeholders—including government, NGOs, and migrant-led organisations—perceive and evaluate HV policies, and what lessons can be drawn for other countries.

Key objectives include defining HVs from a Brazilian perspective; mapping and engaging stakeholders; building networks of researchers and co-developing future research and policy recommendations. The expected benefits are an improved understanding and definition of HVs in Brazil; greater visibility for migrant voices in shaping humanitarian responses and policy insights. More info about the project here: https://sites.google.com/view/humanvisa/home-page?authuser=0

Bio: Patrícia is a Lecturer in International Relations and co-director of the Migration Research Group at the University of Sheffield, UK. She has a PhD in Political Science from the Universidade de São Paulo (USP) (2019), Brazil. Patrícia has a Bachelor’s degree (2014) and a Master’s degree (2015) in International Relations from the Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Brazil. Before joining Sheffield, Patrícia was a Social Science Research Fellow in Conflict and Migration at the Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction at the University College London. In the last few years, Patrícia was a Visiting Scholar at the Zukunftskolleg (University of Konstanz, Germany), the Jacobs Centre for Productive Youth Development (University of Zurich, Switzerland), and the Carolina Population Centre (University of North Carolina, the USA). Patrícia develops research on children in International Relations on asylum and migration politics in Latin America. More information available here.

Facebook page for the event: https://fb.me/e/8uWMMBJsa  

The meeting will be led in English and will be recorded. By participating in this webinar hosted by the Centre for Migration Studies, you automatically agree to authorize recording of audio and visual content presented during the live event and consent to subsequent use of the recording in the public domain.

This webinar is a part of the CeBaM webinar series, where every month we invite you to a meeting with migration scholars from Poland and abroad.