This work presents considerations and evidence about the inclusion of foreign populations in metropolitan areas. It is assumed that the acceptation of the other is an indicator of "territorial democracy". In Brazil, the Census 2000 enables to identify certain ethnic tolerance in relation to foreign migrant, as pointed out by Mehta for New York. São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, because of their own size, shelter a wide variety of national origins in international migration, although there is a high variation in income levels and types of occupation.
Migration; Territorial Democracy; Ethnic Tolerance