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For more than ten years, from 1979 until the end of the German Democratic Republic in 1990, the Government of Mozambique maintained a migration of thousands of workers to East Germany. The main, although hidden, purpose of this migration was the servicing of the increasingly unsustainable debt incurred with the GDR. In many respects this migration was similar to the employment of Mozambican miners in South Africa during the colonial period:
a paternalistic legal and institutional framework, employment of single youths on a rotating basis, deferred payment, housing and social segregation in the host country. The implosion of the GDR lead to a hasty repatriation of the Mozambican workers and to an open conflict between the returnees and the Government concerning wage and social security transfers for which the workers feel wronged. To voice their claims they take advantage of the newly
established civil liberties and democratic institutions in Mozambique. This article assesses this largely ignored phenomenon of contemporary migration by drawing upon some untapped primary sources, less accessible secondary material and interviews, both in Germany and in Mozambique. It may equally contribute to clarify some contentious issues in the ongoing conflict.
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Dívida externa Imigrantes Mercado de trabalho Segurança social Aspetos socioeconómicos Moçambique República Democática Alemã External Debt Immigrantes Labour Market Social Security Socio-Economic Aspects Mozambique German Democratic Republic
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Oppenheimer, Jochen .2003. “Os trabalhadores moçambicanos na antiga República Democrática Alemã : passado e presente” . Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão. CEsA – Documentos de Trabalho nº 65/ 2003.