Corpos em migração : venezuelanos em Sergipe e a incorporação da condição de imigrante/refugiado a partir da raça/etnia

Abstract

Venezuelan migration has reached unprecedented levels in recent history. In the case of Brazil as a receiving country, geographical proximity and the land border are decisive factors in the decision to migrate. Driven often by the social and political crisis that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is going through, migration becomes the path and the attempt that many Venezuelans find in search of new opportunities and improvements in their quality of life. This scenario of crisis, which mainly affects the most needy population, means that this population reaches receiving countries, such as Brazil, in a state of social vulnerability. Thus, based on the above, this monograph seeks to analyze the migratory trajectories of Venezuelan immigrants using the state of Sergipe, located in the northeastern region of Brazil, as an analytical space. In this way, using race/ethnicity as an independent analytical category, the research aims to map the presence of these migrants in Sergipe, to know their migratory trajectories and to investigate how these trajectories are incorporated into their bodies. For this purpose, the research uses a three-part methodology that includes bibliographic review, approximation to the research universe and interviewees based on direct observation and application of questionnaires. Among the results obtained, one of the most important is the ethnicity of the interviewees. Through the application of the questionnaires, it was possible to verify that there are members of the Warao indigenous ethnicity in Sergipe. In addition, the research investigated how the displacement of Venezuelan migrants occurs, as well as the main motivations for this and the main difficulties encountered in adapting to the receiving country. Through the above, it is concluded that the migratory process is permeated by difficulties that directly and indirectly affect those who are in transit and are influenced by various markers, such as race/ethnicity analyzed in this work. In the case analyzed, it can be seen that despite affecting all those who migrate, the Warao appear to be more vulnerable and require special attention.