Migrant children in Antofagasta (Chile): social inclusion and polyvictimization experiences

• Autor(a) principal: Soto, Iskra Pavez
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Valderrama, Caterine Galaz, Acuña, Valeria, Colomés, Sofía
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: spa
• Título da fonte: Zero-a-seis
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/zeroseis/article/view/72706

This article analyzes the tensions and opportunities that migrant children and adolescents experience in the processes of sociocultural inclusion that takes place in the city of Antofagasta, Chile, considering that contemporary migrations have had a great impact in the local society and culture, and has generated new challenges for social cohesion. The study goes in depth about the multiple violence experiences lived by migrant children under the approach of polyvictimization, the intersectional perspective and a critical vision of childhood. From the application of semi-structured interviews to migrant children and adolescents, their families, professionals and intervening actors that serve them, it is concluded that there are discriminatory and racist practices between peers; they endure direct and indirect situations of violence in their neighborhoods and communities; there are also situations of domestic violence and sexual abuse, mostly towards migrant girls. The multiple power hierarchies and inequalities operate in a discursive level and in the practices of diverse social agents, therefore, it is recommended that the intervention and public policy design take the regional migratory reality into account.