Decree-Law 406 reorganized rules for foreign entry and residence, including the operation of national immigration quotas and requirements for visas. It extended a restrictive framework that had been developing since the early Republic. These migration rules shaped the labor market but did not alone determine Black Brazilians’ employment; discrimination and unequal access to land, schooling, and professions also mattered.
Log in to like or bookmark this story.
🔖 Bookmark
No images or videos for this event yet.
Related Events
What was Decree-Law 406 about?
🎉😄
😢
Explanation
The 1938 decree-law reorganized foreign entry and residence rules.
Decree-Law 406 of 1938 abolished all immigration restrictions.
🎉😄
😢
Explanation
It regulated foreign entry and residence under an existing restrictive system.