english: Amongst the reasons for leaving the country were the poor prospects for social ascension, unemployment and rampant inflation which affected Brazil in the 1980s. At the same time, there was the existence of established social networks which facilitated the settlement of these emigrants in countries such as Japan (where the dekasegis settled) and Portugal.
non_english: Tra le ragioni alla radice di questa scelta c'erano le poche prospettive di ascesa sociale, la disoccupazione e l'inflazione galoppante che imperava in Brasile negli anni '80.