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Fiedler, Miranda Rahel Zara M. R. Z. (2021)

“So many Peruvians Die Assassinated by Venecos”: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Criminalization of Venezuelan Migration in Peru

Bachelor thesis | International Studies (BA)

Due to the Venezuelan Exodus, Peru has received over 1,2 Million Venezuelan immigrants, provoking a turn towards the criminalization and securitization of migration. This study adopts a Discourse-Historical Approach to investigate how Venezuelan immigrants in Peru are socio-politically criminalized in news articles by Exitosa Noticias shared on Facebook in February 2021. In a second part, the public response to these articles will be examined through an analysis of the Facebook comments, which can give an indication of discourse patterns on Venezuelan migration among a subgroup of the Peruvian population. The main findings are that news coverage by Exitosa Noticias and the dominant discourse perpetuated by their readership has strong elements of criminalization. By use of referential and predicational strategies, the Venezuelan immigrants are represented negatively in the comments and often linked to criminality.

Socio-political criminalization of migration

South-South migration

news media

social media

Venezuela

Peru

Author

Fiedler, Miranda Rahel Zara M. R. Z.

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Latin America

Supervisors

Alves Vieira, E.

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en