“Desejáveis” e “indesejáveis”: diferencialidades e paradoxos no acolhimento de venezuelanos/as em Roraima e no Amazonas
Resumen
This thesis analyzes multiple relationships and institutions involved in the reception
processes for Venezuelan migrants in the cities of Boa Vista and Manaus, based on
intermittent field research from 2016 to 2020. Migrant reception is marked by a
complexity of perspectives, interests, disputes and power games. The measures range
between repressive mechanisms and so-called humanitarian actions, sometimes occurring
simultaneously. A perceived humanitarian crisis mobilizes secular and mostly religious
non-governmental institutions, international organizations and Brazilian Armed Forces
that strive daily to make Venezuelans desirable to Manauara and Boa Vista public
opinion. But these institutions activities depend directly on the Venezuelans` condition
of victims and vulnerable, being perceived as a problem by the locals and becoming
undesirable. Being a desirable or undesirable migrant does not imply a fixed position,
but corresponds to negotiations that may show differentialities. The agency of the migrant
stands out in showing itself to be pendejo (fool) or arrecho (angry). Brazilian hospitality
to Venezuelans reveals the paradoxes of a double commitment between welcoming and
keeping order. It is concluded that Brazil follows a trend in the global governance of
vulnerabilities, sustained in two axes: on the one hand, a transnational ideology of
humanitarianism; on the other, concerns about the national security agenda and the
alignment with an increasing militarization of international cooperation initiatives.
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