Portuguese migration to Germany and the Portuguese Labour Force in Baden-Württemberg: Internship Report at the Consulate-General of Portugal in Stuttgart

• Autor(a) principal: Brandão, Daniel Costa
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/22338
• topic: Migração; Interculturalidade; Portugal; Alemanha; Consulado; Migration; Interculturality; Portugal; Germany; Consulate; Gestão

The following report is carried out as the final work of the master’s degree in Intercultural Studies for Business at the Porto Accounting and Business School (ISCAP). It aims to present a detailed reflection and analysis of my 4-month curricular internship which took place in Germany between January and April 2021 at the Consulate-General of Portugal in Stuttgart. For the European Union, migration is a fundamental aspect of its core values. Therefore, concepts such as emigration, immigration, multiculturalism, interculturalism, and intercultural transit are of paramount importance. This report focus will first be on providing the essential understanding of these concepts and then shift to an overview of the Consulate of Stuttgart itself, the Portuguese migration in the state in which it is located and of my role and experience as an intern there. The main goal is to prove how vital the work of this diplomatic representation is for the successful integration of Portuguese migrants leading to a better intercultural environment and proper functioning of the sister nations of the European Union. Through this period, I was also able to develop a deeper understanding of the Portuguese labour force in the Baden-Württemberg state.