Decolonial view for the category of “economic refugees”

Abstract

The present research is based on the theoretical perspective of decoloniality, to understand the ana-lytical and juridical category named "economic refugee", through bibliographical review and empiri-cal research. It is concluded that the migratory wave existing in Brazil can not be observed from a single category, given the complexity of the phenomenon and diversity of the subjects under analy-sis. They are economic refugees in some cases and social migration in others, but in general, they are workers in search of better living conditions, who end up finding in the informal/precarious work in Brazil a way of sustenance of their families.