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Negotiating Resettlement in Venezuela after World War II: An Exploration
Die Verhandlung des Resettlements in Venezuela nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg: eine Erkundung
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Abstract After the end of World War II, millions of people were uprooted all over Europe. After realizing that many of those people did not want to return to their former places of origin, the United Nations founded the International Refugee Organization (IRO) to repatriate those displaced persons (DPs) who ... view more
After the end of World War II, millions of people were uprooted all over Europe. After realizing that many of those people did not want to return to their former places of origin, the United Nations founded the International Refugee Organization (IRO) to repatriate those displaced persons (DPs) who wanted to return home and to resettle refugees who did not in other countries. Venezuela was neither actively involved in World War II nor (at that time) in the approaching Cold War. Nevertheless, this "third world" country became involved both in the political discussion about the international resettlement program and as the receiving country of 17,000 DPs. In this context, the paper asks who was resettled in Venezuela and in what way those people were able to influence and negotiate their resettlement in Venezuela. The paper thus focusses on the agency of DPs and the IRO's decision-making processes in their European field offices.... view less
Keywords
World War II; resettlement; expellee; international organization; post-war period; decision making; Venezuela
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Free Keywords
Displaced persons; migration; International Refugee Organization
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 203-225
Journal
Historical Social Research, 45 (2020) 4
Issue topic
Violence Induced Mobility
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.45.2020.4.203-225
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed