“Migrating is like dying and then being reborn in a different place”: The Experience of Venezuelans in Peru

Aron Said V.; Freier L.F.; Corpi Arnaud S. · Migraciones Internacionales (2022) · DOI: 10.33679/rmi.v1i1.2548

Resumen

This paper explores the concept of “suffering” in the migratory experience of displaced Venezuelans on their way to Peru, in the context of departure, during the journey, and the arrival context. Through a mixed qualitative methodology of participant observation and interviews, we seek to understand the significance of suffering in the different phases of the process. In the analyzed case, it was found that each phase corresponds to different motives and types of suffering and that others remain in the three stages. Although the concept of suffering is implicit in many recent academic contributions about the migration phenomenon, there is a need for adequate theoretical development of the suffering of Venezuelan displaced persons. This study contributes to the literature on migration and suffering, and at the same time, to the emerging literature on the Venezuelan exodus in Latin America.

Instituciones: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; Universidad del Pacífico