Deportees: The Human Face of a Social Reality
Authors Marianella Belliard and Bridget Wooding analyze the difficulties faced by Dominican deportees when trying to reinsert into society. Since migration is bound up with aspirations of social mobility and deportation is associated with criminality, deportees face layered rejection. The brief recommends further transnational research to support rights-based public policy and social cohesion.
Authors Marianella Belliard and Bridget Wooding analyze why reinsertion into society is not an easy task for the majority of Dominican deportees.
Since migration is a form of rite of passage for social mobility and deportation is directly associated with criminal behavior, whether fairly or unfairly, the rejection deportees feel is multifold. As immigrants pursuing a better life, they are seen as a disappointment for failing to make it; as deportees, they are considered shameful because of presumed criminal behavior.
After taking stock of the current situation, this Migration Policy Brief recommends areas for further transnational research in order to inform relevant public policies from a rights-based perspective and promote social cohesion. The brief, published in 2011, is available in Spanish and English.