Global e Local no acolhimento de refugiados indígenas: um estudo sobre o trabalho da ONG TAARE com os indígenas WARAO na cidade de Uberlândia - MG

Abstract

Studies on refugee reception policy in Brazil have pointed out that despite legislative advances, there are flaws in guaranteeing the enjoyment of rights. The main actors of reception are social organizations. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, whose role is to promote refugee rights, has recognized the Warao population as a focus of special protection due to the specifics of vulnerability. This study seeks to understand the work of the NGO TAARE in welcoming this population, the difficulties faced and the process of dialogic construction of an approach to local reception. In order to do so, a description of the state of the local protective

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regulations was carried out, a study on the specificity of the WARAO population in the more general context of refugee protection and a study on the practice of the NGO TAARE in welcoming and promoting local integration through interviews with leaders and volunteers of the social organization, as well as impressions of the author herself who became a volunteer for the NGO in 2019. The conclusion brings considerations about the need for a public policy at all levels of government: federal, state and, mainly, municipal. Cities are the spatial unit where immigrants actually develop their new lives, so they need to be prepared to receive them especially with policies for language teaching, job placement, housing and cultural adaptation in a two-way street, by immigrants and the community that receives them.