More Venezuelans in Trinidad in the 21st century

Abstract Venezuelan 'asylum seekers' arriving at the coast of Trinidad enter a new reality and become a part of a world of politics and processing like most migrants do. By no fault of their own, they embody local and global tensions concerning migration policies, border control, governmen...

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Autor principal:	Chinyere Herbert
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Publicado:	SpringerOpen 2021
Materias:	Refugees Asylum seekers Economic migrants Identity Policy Practice Anthropology GN1-890 Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology GN301-674
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:fdb132d620724e36b03ad7808780c2602021-11-14T12:44:03ZMore Venezuelans in Trinidad in the 21st century10.1186/s41257-021-00056-32366-1003https://doaj.org/article/fdb132d620724e36b03ad7808780c2602021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s41257-021-00056-3https://doaj.org/toc/2366-1003Abstract Venezuelan 'asylum seekers' arriving at the coast of Trinidad enter a new reality and become a part of a world of politics and processing like most migrants do. By no fault of their own, they embody local and global tensions concerning migration policies, border control, government authority, and international human rights and protection. This paper raises questions about the complex status and identity of Venezuelan migrants in Trinidad who came seeking asylum in recent years. The results demonstrate that internationally accepted “refugee” and “asylum seeker” categorization is highly unstable in the present context due to the core economic issues underlying forced migration. In line with previous anthropological research, the study highlights the ways in which labels do not encapsulate the local and global causes underlying forced migration and displacement. While international law is well-meaning, there remains a lot to be desired in the long-term protection of displaced people. There are also geographic and economic limits of small islands to absorb large numbers of displaced persons which, to date, has not been recognized by international human rights organizations.Chinyere HerbertSpringerOpenarticleRefugeesAsylum seekersEconomic migrantsIdentityPolicyPracticeAnthropologyGN1-890Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropologyGN301-674ENInternational Journal of Anthropology and Ethnology, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 1-33 (2021)
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description	Abstract Venezuelan 'asylum seekers' arriving at the coast of Trinidad enter a new reality and become a part of a world of politics and processing like most migrants do. By no fault of their own, they embody local and global tensions concerning migration policies, border control, government authority, and international human rights and protection. This paper raises questions about the complex status and identity of Venezuelan migrants in Trinidad who came seeking asylum in recent years. The results demonstrate that internationally accepted “refugee” and “asylum seeker” categorization is highly unstable in the present context due to the core economic issues underlying forced migration. In line with previous anthropological research, the study highlights the ways in which labels do not encapsulate the local and global causes underlying forced migration and displacement. While international law is well-meaning, there remains a lot to be desired in the long-term protection of displaced people. There are also geographic and economic limits of small islands to absorb large numbers of displaced persons which, to date, has not been recognized by international human rights organizations.
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