Book by Carolina Henriques Pereira
Authored by Carolina Henriques Pereira, a researcher at CHSC, and Fábio Alexandre Faria, the book titled Refugiados em Portugal no Século XX will be available for pre-order starting on October 2th, 2024.
Title: Refugiados em Portugal no Século XX
Synopsis:
Large-scale military conflicts, such as the First World War, the Spanish Civil War, and the Second World War, along with the rise of authoritarian regimes in Europe, forced millions of people to flee their countries and seek refuge in other states. Despite being a small, peripheral country, Portugal played a central role in the history of refugees throughout the 20th century. However, the responses and attitudes of both the Portuguese government and its population varied depending on the prevailing regime (Constitutional Monarchy, First Republic, Military Dictatorship, and Estado Novo), the international context, or the composition of the waves of refugees. Prioritizing order and security above all, Portugal was receptive and welcoming when it deemed that refugees posed no threat. However, it adopted a more rigid, restrictive, and repressive stance whenever refugees were perceived as a danger to the regime and the country. In this look at a past that is more relevant than ever, historians Carolina Henriques Pereira and Fábio Alexandre Faria show us how, from the 1900s to the 1970s, Portugal became a haven of hope for thousands of war-displaced individuals and refugees—though not always with widespread hospitality.