Onde estão as fronteiras?

Como brasileiros indocumentados experienciam o regime de fronteiras britânicas

Abstract

This article explores how Brazilians identify the modus operandi of the UK border regimes. It contributes to migration and border studies by moving beyond a perspective focused exclusively on migration policies. I question to what degree the fact that borders have proliferated and discriminately filtered migrants can be understood without empirical data focused on the daily actions of these mobile people. Indeed migrants deal  with and struggle against border regimes, but they are not powerless social actors. I argue that migrants are important social actors and a key to understanding how border regimes work and where they are located. In this process, I explore migration as a process of skilled manoeuvres developed through practical knowledge and life experiences by Brazilians in order to journey through the UK border regimes.