Da participaçao à integraçao: Estruturas e oportunidade, descriminaçao e género no contexto da participaçao civica e politica de jovens imigrantes brasileiros/as

This article aims to understanding civic and political participation of migrant youth and the importance of gender and age. Insights from focus groups conducted with Brazilian youth allow us to explore experiences of participation, meanings about integration, immigration policies, prejudice and discrimination. Results suggest that Brazilian migrant youth have few experiences of civic and political participation; they consider participation important to their integration but see it as having very low effectiveness; they identify institutional and political opportunities to participate. The importance of furthering studies on the civic and political participation of migrant communities is discussed.