Migrants: Funchal Raises Awareness for Social Diagnostic Study

Funchal City Council Urges Participation in Migrant Community Social Diagnostic Study.

The Funchal City Council today appealed for participation in the social diagnostic study of Funchal, which aims to integrate the migrant community.

The so-called Diagnostic Study of the Migrant Community in Funchal aims to develop effective strategies and public policies for the reception and integration of the migrant community in the municipality.

This initiative is led by the Councillor for Diaspora and Migration, Ana Bracamonte, and is being conducted by the company Logframe.
Throughout this week, in-person interviews are being held with government entities, migrant associations, and individuals not formally represented by associations. The goal is to gather essential information for the research.

Surveys are also available for the migrant community, including emigrants who have since returned and now reside in Funchal, and immigrants.

According to the municipality, the questionnaire is an essential tool for better understanding the reality of the migrant community. It allows for direct information collection from migrants themselves, ensuring updated, specific data based on their personal experiences.

In a statement, Ana Bracamonte invited migrants to participate in disseminating and completing the surveys. She thanked everyone for their collaboration, emphasizing “the importance and opportunity for the community to be heard and to actively participate in building a more just and inclusive society.”

The surveys can be accessed until June 12th by scanning QR codes distributed at some entities, and through the following links:

Emigrants:
https://pt.surveymonkey.com/r/diagnfunchalemig

Immigrants (available in English and Portuguese):
https://pt.surveymonkey.com/r/diagnfunchalimig

Jornal da Madeira 5 June 2025

This is a big surprise! Unfortunately it’s only for Funchal city.

Translation by AI

ORIGINAL ARTICLE:

Migrantes: Funchal sensibiliza para estudo de diagnóstico social https://www.jm-madeira.pt/regiao/migrantes-funchal-sensibiliza-para-estudo-de-diagnostico-social-LD18284087

This article was also published in the Diário de Notícias online, at around the same time. By 10am the next morning it had 24 comments, all presumably from Madeirans, and they were ALL negative towards this initiative. With the usual send them home messages, of course.