MOTIVATIONS OF VENEZUELAN RECENT IMMIGRATION TO ARGENTINA. THE CASE OF SANTA ROSA-TOAY, LA PAMPA, ARGENTINA

Abstract

This article’s objective is to analyze the motivations of recent migrants from Venezuela
to begin their migration trajectories towards Argentina between 2019 and 2019. Through
the review of specialized literature, national and local statistics and in-depth interviews
conducted with 15 Venezuelan migrants in Santa Rosa-Toay (La Pampa), we are interested
in determine whether it is a forced or voluntary migration. Conceptually, the categories of
exile, refuge (right of asylum) and diaspora will be discussed to propose, as a hypothesis, that the notion of migration due to privation (Cozzani de Palmada, 2005) allows the
incorporation of both voluntary and non-voluntary characteristics to describe the
Venezuelan migration in our study area.