Implicaciones psicosociales de la migración venezolana en Colombia

Resumen

The objective of this research was to describe the migratory process to Colombia of Venezuelans of different sociodemographic characteristics and the associated psychosocial implications. We implemented a qualitative method and the narrative technique with a sample of 9 people from Venezuela in an age range between 18 and 49 who have been living in Colombia between 7 months and more than five years. These participants were contacted through a snowball strategy and a semi-structured interview was applied. The results show that the participants have as a result the process of migration and the integration and development of the activity in the function of this, the support networks and the residence time in Colombia. However, all suffered some kind of subjective discomfort associated with feelings of loneliness and nostalgia.