It analyses the global dynamics that lead to such forced migration and interrogates the reach of explanations based solely on local approaches that link such migration to internal disputes of an ethnic, racial, economic, political or multifactorial nature, and which are used in a hegemonic way by renowned authors and global institutions.
It argues that the great wave of internal and international forced migration comprises a violent attack against unarmed populations, carried out by local or international regular and irregular armies, that is aimed at their expulsion or territorial subjugation for the sake of colonial extractive looting. Towards this end, alternative analytical categories and guidelines for action are proposed.
Fabio Lozano Velásquez is a philosopher and theologian, with a Master’s degree in rural development and doctoral degre in Latin American studies. He is the founder of the Consultancy for Human Rights and Displacement (CODHES) and a professor at the Universidad San Buenaventura. He is also part of the Latin American Network on Internal Displacement (LANID).
LANID Special Issue: “Critical Approaches to Internal Displacement”
The Latin America Network on Internal Displacement (LANID) brings together academics, activists, artists, and practitioners with the aim of reflecting critically on internal displacement. This LANID Special Issue aims to extend knowledge and promote debate on this phenomenon. Although each Paper has been written from a different perspective, they all share the key feature that they delve into the multidimensional nature, diverse causes and complex dynamics of this kind of forced migration, as well as into the search for new ways to achieve durable solutions that allow those affected by internal displacement to overcome their vulnerability.
