He organised for the Brazilians who had lost their jobs to move Ireland in 1999 where they found work at the Duffy Meat Plant in Gort, County Galway.
Ed Giansante of eDublin, an organisation for Brazilians interested in moving to Ireland, believes the second wave began around 2007.
Annie Rozario of the Gort Resource Centre suggested there has been "an unacknowledged fourth wave" in recent years due to economic and political conditions back home, particularly among young people who were disillusioned by the Bolsonaro government.
[8] The 2016 census recorded around 13,640 non-Irish national residents of Brazilian origin, a figure more than tripled from a decade earlier.
[14] The role of the leitor(a) is to promote the Portuguese language and the Brazilian culture in higher education institutions abroad.
[11] For the third consecutive year, eDublin carried out a survey and found that 22% of the Brazilian students spent to cover their living costs.
The average amount spent on food by the Brazilian exchange student in Ireland was in the range of €101 to 200 per month, among 50% of the responses.
82% of Brazilian business-owners were reported to be women; Hermanson attributed this to relationship dynamics, in which men have engineering jobs.