Talking to Migrants

Invisibility, Vulnerability, and Protection

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3948289
AutoresSonja Wolf (0000-0002-6090-7830, Drug Policy Programme, CONACYT-CIDE, Aguascalientes, Ags., Mexico, autor correspondente)
Ano2021
Volume26
Fascículo1
Páginas193-214
Data de publicação2021-01-05
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGeopolitics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14650045.2020.1764540
OpenAlexW3045076802
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas53

Individuals and families are being displaced from the Northern Triangle of Central America by structural and physical violence. Clandestine migration increases the invisibility of forced migrants and makes them difficult to access for researchers. Gatekeepers perceive or depict forced migrants as vulnerable populations and often deny investigators access to them, arguing that traumatised people should not be asked to retell their stories and be revictimised. The growing literature on research participation suggests that individuals categorised as vulnerable often decide to collaborate in studies, because they welcome the opportunity to talk about their experience to an empathetic listener and to help improve policies and services. Immediate distress produced by revisiting painful moments in life often dissipates quickly and is outweighed by the benefits of research participation, such as feelings of catharsis and a sense of acknowledgement and purpose. When gatekeepers deny investigators access to vulnerable population groups, they preclude them from autonomously deciding whether to grant or withhold informed consent and from exercising their right to participate in research. Their invisibilities and silences render migrants more susceptible to human rights violations. Taking protection seriously means widening the research participation of vulnerable individuals

Acknowledgement · Catharsis · Computer security · Criminology · Feeling · Human rights · Invisibility · Political science · Population · Public relations · Sociology · Ethics in Clinical Research · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology