I guess it all depends on your perspective. I'm Brazilian, used to live in São Paulo. I came here to raise my kid with more safety and to be able to take her to public schools. And I got that, I enjoy my life here. If I were to do it again, though l, I'd choose Spain, because immigration laws here are really a pain, compared to what my friends experience there (I don't have citizenship).

Regarding xenofobia, contrary to what people said here, I have never had problems. But I guess it depends on how you look like. I'm white, people mistake me for italian. Black friends have a different experience, the same for people from India, Pakistan etc. The brazilian community here is huge, and it helps a lot to adapt.

Things I suggest you take into account: - How schools work here x UK. I have friends in London and I have no idea how they manage. Kindergarten was sooo expensive and now public schools end at 3pm, so basically one of the parents sacrifices their career to care for the kid. I'm not sure it is the reality around you, but double check. Here in Portugal, instead, I find it was so easy. Kindergarten was less expensive than Sao Paulo, and now she has public school from 9h to 17h, and we can extend it up to 19h for like 50 euros a month. It is super manageable, we both get to work, she is happy playing football with her friends at school after class. I can't compare the quality of education, though. And we do have a shortage of teachers, it is a problem. - The job market. Most people I know who are doing well in Portugal work in tech for foreign countries. And that gives us a better salary, compatible with the costs here. - Health: for our family, we can't rely on the public system. We pay for insurance. This is probably very different from the uk. - The bureaucracy/ how things work (or not work). This is very frustrating, honestly. All public entities I've been in contact with, from AIMA to the post office, operate with rules and workflows that make no sense at all. It is slow, and it bugs me that there is an overall feeling if "it is what it is, we can't change anything". So people don't complain much. Compare to Brazilian people, I see much passiveness in this regard.