| Summary: | The purpose of this work, which is part of a doctoral thesis, is to present the different motivations of “brasiguaios” to move between the border towns of Paraguay and Brazil, more specifically those residing in Paraguayan towns which share a border with Brazil. Thirty-nine in-depth interviews were performed with the “brasiguaios” residents in the towns of Ypehjú, Salto del Guaira and Pedro Juan Caballero. It was found that the circulation of “brasiguaios” between the national border of Paraguay and Brazil is motivated by the demand for public services in the areas of health and education, welfare benefits, for shopping, visiting people, religion and work. These demands reveal the different adaptation and survival strategies of “brasiguaios”, the residents living in Paraguayan towns on the border of Brazil, and the importance of their formal and informal ties to share resources, information and solidarity to enable them to access Brazilian goods and services. Moreover, the attention of the policymakers need to be drawn to these regions of Brazil’s national borders, since this intense circulation can interfere with the balance of supply and demand for public services in Brazil.
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