Historical-trend approach to the training of migration and foreigner's service in Angola

Abstract

The considerable growth of migration in the current century has had an important impact on the Republic of Angola and requires the personnel working in the Migration and Foreigners Service to raise their professional training and improve their performance. As part of an investigation that addressed a problem related to inadequacies in the conception and execution of this process, a study was carried out that aimed to characterize the historical-trend evolution of the training process of the officials of the immigration and foreigners service in the Angolan context. The study, which covered the period of Angola's history between 1975 and 2019, was based on a methodological strategy that included the combined use of theoretical and empirical methods of educational research, where historical-logical analysis and documentary analysis occupied the central place. Consequently, with the procedural requirements of the first, from defining a periodization criterion, three stages were identified in the historical evolution of the object (1975-1993, 1994-2007 and 2008-2019) and two indicators were defined to characterize them. As a result, a characterization of the object was obtained in its historical course that specified the ways of realization, the objectives and the content of the aforementioned training process and elements concerning its direction. The trends identified corroborated the need to implement a theoretical-practical proposal that helps to improve the training and performance of immigration service officials in the Angolan context.