Abstract

TRABALON, Carina. State Violence, Border Control and Racialization: Haitian Experiences in Airports in Argentina. Hist. Soc. [online]. 2020, n.39, pp.155-183. ISSN 0121-8417.  https://doi.org/10.15446/hys.n39.82972.

In this article, I intend to analyze the experiences of control of Haitians at border crossings of different airports in Argentina, from mid-2000 to August 2018, when a tourism visa was imposed for this national group. To do this, first, I contextualize the trajectories of Haitians to Argentina, the forms that their entry into the country take and the rejections in the category of false tourist; secondly, I analyze the various modes of racialization and violence that they experience at their border crossings at airports and, in particular, I highlight the practices of detention and rejection; third, I address the polysemic nature of the border based on the experience of deportability and the development of different strategies. From a qualitative approach, based on documentary analysis, participant observation and in-depth interviews with Haitians living in the cities of Córdoba and Rosario, the work examines the tensions and disputes between certain control practices, specific racialization processes and different strategies deployed by the subjects, thus delineating the possibilities and impossibilities of crossing historically defined frontier zones and legal-political frameworks.

Keywords : state violence; border control; racialization; experiences; Haitian migration; airports; racism.

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