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Rio de Janeiro and Ilha das Flores to Campo Limpo, 1947 to 1951

Rio de Janeiro → Campo Limpo Paulista hostel

Research on refugee reception in Brazil describes arrivals through Rio de Janeiro and the Ilha das Flores hostel, followed by transfer to Campo Limpo when São Paulo was the initial destination. The disused coffee warehouses beside the railway served as the state's provisional hostel from 1947 because the Brás building was occupied by an aviation school. Ukrainians were the second largest group registered there, 1,386 entries in three years, before moving on to work in and around the city.

1947

Brazil undertakes to receive people the International Refugee Organization cannot repatriate, and the coffee warehouses at Campo Limpo are adapted

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A Hospedaria de Imigrantes de Campo Limpo

1947 to 1951

Arrivals pass through Rio de Janeiro and the Ilha das Flores hostel before transfer to Campo Limpo

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O estrangeiro ideal: políticas e práticas de hospitalidade na cidade de São Paulo

1947 to 1949

Registrations record 1,386 Ukrainian entries, 12.27 per cent of the three-year total, with most first employment in and around São Paulo

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Território e experiência imigratória: os refugiados em São Paulo no pós-Segunda Guerra Mundial

1951

Brás resumes immigrant reception and the Campo Limpo hostel's temporary role ends

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A Hospedaria de Imigrantes de Campo Limpo

Campo Limpo Paulista: das origens ao terceiro milênio

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A Hospedaria de Imigrantes de Campo Limpo

O estrangeiro ideal: políticas e práticas de hospitalidade na cidade de São Paulo

Território e experiência imigratória: os refugiados em São Paulo no pós-Segunda Guerra Mundial

Campo Limpo Paulista: das origens ao terceiro milênio