Migração forçada, refúgio e proteção integral: a atuação do município de Dourados-MS na garantia da integração local a crianças venezuelanas

Abstract

The overarching objective of this research is to examine the role of public authorities in ensuring the comprehensive protection of Venezuelan children in the municipality of Dourados, MS, through their local integration. In short, it seeks to answer, as precisely as possible, the main question of the research problem: how has the municipal government of Dourados-MS promoted the local integration of Venezuelan children and how does this impact on their full protection? Thus, three specific objectives were chosen to support the development of each chapter: 1) to analyze the process of “building” the Human Rights of Refugees and examine how Brazil has dealt with migratory issues throughout history; 2) to investigate the effectiveness of the durable solution of local integration as a way of guaranteeing the full protection of refugee children; and 3) to diagnose the interfaces of local integration of Venezuelan children in the municipality based on data collection. The theoretical framework for this approach is Hanna Arendt's “Origins of Totalitarianism” (1989). The thematic development is guided by the systemic method and, with regard to the procedure, by the deductive method, with a diagnostic approach, bibliographical and documentary research. The results indicate a scenario of statistical invisibility of these children, in which the municipal administration is essentially reactive and unstructured, marked by improvisation and weakness, characteristics of perverse integration. There is a need to review the strategies aimed at local integration, proposing a more coordinated and active approach so that the responses do not just alleviate immediate and visible demands, but are a continuous and dynamic process, in order to ensure the effective inclusion and development of these children.