Seminar: Humanitarian Reception of Forced Venezuelan Migrants in João Pessoa, Paraíba

Title: Humanitarian Reception of Forced Venezuelan Migrants in João Pessoa, Paraíba, Before and During the Covid-19 Pandemic (2019-2020)

Join us for this MRG Seminar, where Igor Serejo will talk about his work involving forced Venezuelan migrants in Brazil. This research on the humanitarian reception process of forced Venezuelan migrants is based on a Humanitarian Reception Index (HRI), which seeks to measure, through indicators encompassing Health, Housing, Food, and Clothing, the effectiveness of the reception of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Venezuelan individuals in João Pessoa, Paraíba. International Cooperation has become a fundamental tool for the proper reception of these individuals in the city.

Mini-Bio: Igor Serejo is a PhD candidate in Political Science and International Relations at the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB, Brazil). He is currently a Visiting scholar at the Department of Politics and International Relations at University of Sheffield. Igor holds a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the State University of Maranhão and a master’s degree in International Relations from the State University of Paraíba. He is a research member and secretary of the Center for Studies and Research on Environmental Displaced Persons (NEPDA) under the Sérgio Vieira de Mello Chair. He has previously worked as a Higher Education professor at Pitágoras College in São Luís.