A Operação Acolhida como instrumento de estabilidade, segurança e proteção da faixa de fronteira Brasil-Venezuela

Abstract

The worsening of the political-economic situation in Venezuela considerably increased the migratory flow of Venezuelans to Roraima from 2018 onwards, leading to social upheaval and compromising public order. Since then, Operação Acolhida (Acolhida) has been the instrument to guarantee the human dignity of migrants and refugees. The general objective of this research is presenting the actions and activities of Acolhida in facing of the Venezuelan humanitarian crisis; the specific objectives were to verify if and how Acolhida contributes to the stabilization of the border strip of Brazil and Venezuela and to the security and protection of the Brazilian State. The study of the theories of borders, human security, and State protection, as well as the collection of data in the documents of the operation itself, were used as a theoretical framework. The qualitative research method was used, based on bibliographical and documental research, in addition to the tacit knowledge of the authors who, in the past, worked in Acolhida. In conclusion, the success of the three basic tasks, border ordering, host and interiorization, carried out by Acolhida mitigated the negative consequences of the Venezuelan migratory flow through the border, contributing to human security and to the protection of the State in that region of the Brazilian Amazon.