Abrigos da Operação Acolhida em Roraima: a gestão humanitária e a dicotomia permanência-provisoriedade

Abstract

The present work has as a research question to understand how the conception of shelters in Roraima as temporary spaces of shelter for Venezuelan migrants reflects on the management practices of individuals by humanitarian agents and on the architecture of spaces. In this sense, it seeks to understand the mode of administration of the shelters of the Operation Acolhida, as an unprecedented response of the Brazilian Government to the increase in the flow of Venezuelans, and the apparent dichotomy between permanence and provisionality present in the shelters and in the initiatives of humanitarian, military institutions, and civil society. Methodologically, semi-structured interviews will be carried out with employees who work directly with refugees in the daily life of the shelters, applying the norms established by humanitarian agencies, as well as with Venezuelan refugees who went through the last stage of the Operation, the interiorization. In addition, document analysis, taking into account current legislation in Brazil and the regulations of humanitarian agencies involved in managing spaces, and bibliographic analysis, will be used to reinforce the presented argument. The research becomes relevant as it seeks to understand the strategies adopted by Operation Acolhida in the management of Venezuelan refugees in their most lasting process: the shelters, in addition to the application of humanitarian regulations, and their insertion in the midst of the contemporary migratory context. Thus, it will be possible to make approaches and distances from the shelters of the Operation Acolhida to the refugee camps at an international level, problematize the dichotomy between permanence and provisionality in spaces, and identify them, not only as emergency spaces, but as social institutions, with pre-established strategies and demands arising from humanitarian management combined with logistical issues and securitization