Why is Dublin such a popular destination for Brazilians?

Richard Hillman · 11-07-2018 11:25PM

Have quite a few Brazilians in my workplace. An absolute pleasure to be around. Always pleasant, always jovial.

weldoninhio · 12-07-2018 12:08AM

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

Never happens though.

Does in countries that aren’t a soft touch. Germany as an example.

rossie1977 · 12-07-2018 12:44AM

cournioni wrote: »

Not just in Dublin, plenty of them dotted around the country. Particularly in places with food processing plants from what I've seen.

Big Brazilian population here in Roscommon. Story from 15 years ago talks about how 10% of Roscommon town's population were Brazilian https://www.irishtimes.com/news/brazilians-adapt-to-life-in-roscommon-1.351543?mode=amp

Stephen15 · 12-07-2018 12:50AM

Only ever see white or more specifically olive skin Brazilians in Ireland who look like Europeans could as Portugese or Spanish. Even tough most of Brazil's population is mixed race just look at the Brazil football team mostly black guys or have African heritage.

Muahahaha · 12-07-2018 05:54PM

thebull85 wrote: »

I have noticed an increasing number of Brazilians in Dublin in the last couple of years, a group of 8 of them now live in house on my road.

So whats the attraction with Dublin?

One of the reasons you are seeing so many is that about 3 years ago the UK stopped allowing them a get a work visa while they learn english. They changed the law which now requires them to be studying in a university which costs around £10k tuition fees per year, something that most of them cannot afford. So when the UK changed their law they came here in bigger numbers because they can go to 10 or 15 hours of english lessons and then pretty much work full time (even though their visa here limits them to 20 hours work per week we all know this is widely abused and never policed)

Another factor in the increase was a deal done between Ireland and Brazil to provide young Brazilians with an opportunity to learn english. Rumour has it part of the deal was that the Brazilian government would do their best to extradite solicitor turned conman Michael Lynn who was hiding out in Brazil for over five years at the time. Lynn has been extradicted now from a country that was supposedly safe for fugitives so there might well have been some truth in the rumour.

wakka12 · 12-07-2018 07:18PM

Stephen15 wrote: »

Only ever see white or more specifically olive skin Brazilians in Ireland who look like Europeans could as Portugese or Spanish. Even tough most of Brazil's population is mixed race just look at the Brazil football team mostly black guys or have African heritage.

I think its because white braziliasn are quite a lot wealthier and can afford to come here

Having said that though Ive met dozens of brazilians in ireland who are black or mestizo or mixed

Almost 50% of brazilians are white though anyway(mostly mediterranean descent though so they won't look like northern european white), 40% are mixed, only 10% are black so they're definitely over represented in sports, 1 % native

jimmytwotimes 2013 · 12-07-2018 07:25PM

Stephen15 wrote: »

Only ever see white or more specifically olive skin Brazilians in Ireland who look like Europeans could as Portugese or Spanish. Even tough most of Brazil's population is mixed race just look at the Brazil football team mostly black guys or have African heritage.

Football draws from the lower classes. Those of European descent tend to be, but not exclusively, from middle and upper classes. Like Kaka for example.

Subcomandante Marcos · 12-07-2018 07:33PM

jimmytwotimes 2013 wrote: »

Football draws from the lower classes. Those of European descent tend to be, but not exclusively, from middle and upper classes. Like Kaka for example.

Kaka's parents were super wealthy, he grew up in one go the most expensive areas of Sao Paulo and married his the daughter of one of the board members of Christian D'oir.

pauliebdub · 12-07-2018 08:50PM

It's easier to get into than USA, Canada or the UK and there are much better job prospects here than other places like Spain or Portugal. Do we have an open door, there seems to be thousands of them in Dublin?? I think they're very nice people and great fun to be around.

Sam Quentin · 12-07-2018 08:55PM

Maybe because it's remotely safer than Rio!?

jay0109 · 04-09-2018 09:49PM

Perhaps this is why Ireland is such a popular location for those coming here to 'study'

http://www.thejournal.ie/student-scheme-4219231-Sep2018/

THE GOVERNMENT HAS approved a scheme which could allow up to 5,000 people from outside the European Economic Area (EEA), who originally came to Ireland to study, to remain in Ireland to work.

The scheme would apply to people who came to Ireland to study between January 2005 and December 2010 and stayed on to work. This move follows a Supreme Court judgement that former holders of student permission were entitled to have their family and privacy rights under the European Convention on Human Rights taken into account as part of their application to remain.

Court challenges were taken after the introduction of new study policy in 2011 which meant non-EEA students could only live in Ireland for a maximum of seven years. The government introduced this new policy to address abuses of the student immigration system and in particular the English language sector where in some cases students were being enrolled over long periods of time without quality course being provided.

In the court challenges, two former students sought permission to change their status allowing them to work and receive social welfare payments. In one case, a woman’s two children had joined her in Ireland and in the second case a man married another non-national in Ireland and they had a child here together.

The court found that in both cases the State had allowed the applicants to stay in Ireland without objection until the law changed and that their rights under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights should have been considered.

We have no immigration policy in this country except that of effectively an open border.

ToddyDoody · 04-09-2018 10:54PM

cournioni wrote: »

Not just in Dublin, plenty of them dotted around the country. Particularly in places with food processing plants from what I've seen.

Take Gort for example http://www.thejournal.ie/gort-brazil-galway-integration-1793970-Nov2014/

It's the laid back mentality e.g. third highest public debt in the world happily ignored

The Crowman · 04-09-2018 11:15PM

This bunch have a branch in Cork, have gotten their flyers through the door a few times.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Church_of_the_Kingdom_of_God

Hector Bellend · 04-09-2018 11:21PM

For Forks Sake wrote: »

Chape drink in Diceys

Then into coppers for cheap gash. Then wowburger and a blowie outside stephens green

05-09-2018 01:36PM

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

You can get a visa and work. Very few countries offer that. My gf is Brazilian. They are gorgeous

Agree with the over-rated bit as about poster said. Have been to Brazil several times. You don't even see many hot ones in Rio. Most are well below average. The Giselle types come from southern Brazil near florianapolis but are thin on the ground. And they are certainly not the ones that come to Dublin.

sbsquarepants · 05-09-2018 01:44PM

We recently imported hired one in work, she's very pretty with quite hypnotic bosoooms so she is.
Let them on in I say:D

Odhinn · 05-09-2018 02:10PM

sbsquarepants wrote: »

We recently imported hired one in work, she's very pretty with quite hypnotic bosoooms so she is.
Let them on in I say:D

All of them, or just the bosoms?

05-09-2018 02:15PM

glasso wrote: »

Agree with the over-rated bit as about poster said. Have been to Brazil several times. You don't even see many hot ones in Rio. Most are well below average. The Giselle types come from southern Brazil near florianapolis but are thin on the ground. And they are certainly not the ones that come to Dublin.

My ex was Brazilian, she was decent enough ......... 7/8 out of 10, some of her friends were fooking utter dogs. Much like any nationality really.

05-09-2018 03:40PM

Augeo wrote: »

My ex was Brazilian, she was decent enough ......... 7/8 out of 10, some of her friends were fooking utter dogs. Much like any nationality really.

yeah but they have this internationally exalted reputation which is totally unjustified just 'cos there is one hot bird in the crowd at the world cup. huge mix of ethnic origins in Brazil - most of them not conducive to producing hotties. I'd say that the average is below a lot of countries. Colombia on the other hand....

very interesting book called " a death in Brazil" - would recommend it to anyone interested in the country's history and ethnicity.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 05-09-2018 03:55PM

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

It’s fairly mixed. That’s more true of Argentina though.

Yeah loads of Argentines are of Italian descent. More Brazilians have Portuguese descent but that's often way back. Quite a few Japanese descended people in Sao Paolo too.

sbsquarepants · 05-09-2018 03:58PM

Odhinn wrote: »

All of them, or just the bosoms?

The whole kit and caboodle I reckon:D

sbsquarepants · 05-09-2018 04:00PM

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

. Quite a few Japanese descended people in Sao Paolo too.

Interesting - I always reckon Roberto Firminio looks very Asian!

The_Kew_Tour · 05-09-2018 04:05PM

Columbia and Argentina are best looking women in SA.

Brazil are overrated but that's not say they don't have any. Just not on every corner.

irishguitarlad · 05-09-2018 04:07PM

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Columbia and Argentina are best looking women in SA.

Brazil are overrated but that's not say they don't have any. Just not on every corner.

Forgot Venezuela;-)

seamus · 05-09-2018 04:10PM

My understanding is that the Brazilians have a really good communications chain, very similar to the Irish and Italians in New York during the 1800s/1900s.

When someone arrives fresh from Brazilia, they'll already have the name and contact details of someone who will then hook them up and introduce them the to the wider Brazilian community. Thus they seem to pop up in "clusters", with loads of them moving into a single area at the one time.

Other nationalities who maybe aren't quite so far from home or highly-skilled workers, will move to Ireland without needing to connect to a community for assistance on the ground. So they won't "cluster" quite so much.

Same reason Nigerians, Chinese and similar "far from home" ethnic groups appear in clusters.

pickarooney · 05-09-2018 04:20PM

wexie wrote: »

That looks like the lovechild of Alf and Roseanne :eek:

It's like Podge T-bagged Bosco

pickarooney · 05-09-2018 04:22PM

weldoninhio wrote: »

Does in countries that aren’t a soft touch. Germany as an example.

Germany is widely and routinely mocked for being a soft touch in immigration; it's arguably the most controversial aspect of the current administration.

chicorytip · 05-09-2018 04:36PM

Brazilian society is very homophobic so it's not surprising that many gay people from that country seem to be moving here to experience more personal freedom.

jace_da_face · 05-09-2018 04:38PM

irishguitarlad wrote: »

Forgot Venezuela;-)

Aren't they all in Brazil now?

irishguitarlad · 05-09-2018 04:42PM

jace_da_face wrote: »

Aren't they all in Brazil now?

Yeah Perú and Colombia as well by all accounts. On a side note I think South American women age pretty poorly (wealthy ones and actresses the exceptions) in comparison to European women.

Why is Dublin such a popular destination for Brazilians?

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