Investors in the popular Minha Casa Minha Vida social housing project reported that they had more confidence in the project after discussing the project with some of the thousands of Brazilians living in the UK.
Brazilians and their descendants make up the largest Latin American people in Britain. Over the years, there has certainly been a community of giants from South America in England, Scotland and Wales, but in the past few decades, this community has developed rapidly.
Although the estimates of the total number vary widely, most evaluations believe that official statistics greatly underestimate this point. There are many reasons and disputes for this. The general view is that many people “just stay at home” if their permission expires in the UK. On the other hand, some of them did initially receive such legal extensions or “long-term residence”. However, in 2012, the UK seemed to have formed a consensus of about 200,000 Brazilians (legal or otherwise).
Most of the early immigrants were legal or other students, students left after school or transferred students. To some extent, the relatively large numbers since the 1970s are due to special reasons. Because eventually travel will become practical, it is the first time for people other than the rich to become a burden.
In 2005, British Brazilians attracted a lot of public attention. This is because Jean Charles de Menezes, a resident and worker of London’s Tars Mountain, died tragically from Brazil. Mr. De Menezes was mistaken by the armed plainclothes police as a terrorist who escaped after the second attempted bomb attack in London in July that year. The police followed him into Stockwell Station, regarded Osman Hussain as the planner of the second defeat, and shot and killed him.
At present, more than half of Brazilians in the UK live in London, many of whom live in the autonomous city of Brent (estimated to have 20000 to 30000 people), Bestwart (usually referred to as “Brazil Water”) and Stockwell, where they live with a large number of grape teeth. Presumably, there are many Brazilians in other places outside London. This includes Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Norfolk and Brighton. It seems that there are many Brazilians engaged in low-level “blue collar” in Britain. In many cases, their level of education and/or education is much lower than theirs. It may be due to visa restrictions and unskilled English. According to the statistics of the Institute of Public Policy, about 32% are engaged in cleaning and related businesses, and the remaining 26% are engaged in hotel and catering businesses. The express delivery industry accounts for the remaining 10%, as does the construction industry.
In the past 20 years, especially in London, in order to meet the requirements of the Brazilian Community, a number of enterprises and services have been set up. This includes long-term investment opportunities in Brazil itself, and of course, short-term investment opportunities in the UK. This includes many cafes, restaurants, media, advisory and legal services, as well as print, radio and/or online media. Particularly interesting is Brazil. Online newspapers and online news channels, as well as the Red Record TV channel of Sky 801. There are also many music and sports activities. All this adds to the dynamic and growing combination of today’s “Brazil in the UK”.
For some reason, this Brazilian culture, which is close to home, has brought British citizens and enterprises confidence in the country, the people and the economy. This can be seen from the large amount of attention from the British public and enterprises at the investment seminar focusing on Brazil. Last year, real estate investment seminars, such as the highly popular “Minghe Home – Minghe Weida” seminar to promote affordable housing projects, were sold out.
