Immigrants’ right to continued benefit payments: A citizenship question

Abstract

The 20 years of the Organic Law on Social Assistance is an interesting moment to approach current increasingly important subjects in Brazilian society- as the international migrations and immigrants’ rights-and its relation with this important document of guarantee of rights. In the social assistance benefits field, a subject that stands out in contemporary debates is the concession of Continued Benefit Payments (BPC) to the resident immigrant population in Brazil. The constant violations of this social right, illustrated by the request denials on the concession of social assistance benefit motivated by the solicitant nationality, despite the fulfillment of the legal requirements, will be the central concern of this article. The 20 years of the Organic Law on Social Assistance is an interesting moment to approach current increasingly important subjects in Brazilian society- as the international migrations and immigrants’ rights-and its relation with this important document of guarantee of rights. In the social assistance benefits field, a subject that stands out in contemporary debates is the concession of Continued Benefit Payments (BPC) to the resident immigrant population in Brazil. The constant violations of this social right, illustrated by the request denials on the concession of social assistance benefit motivated by the solicitant nationality, despite the fulfillment of the legal requirements, will be the central concern of this article.