KURMACADA HAKİKATLE YÜZLEŞMEK: VALERIA LUISELLI’NİN ANLATISINDA REFAKATSİZ ÇOCUKLAR VE GÖÇ POLİTİKALARI
CONFRONTING TRUTH IN FICTION: UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN AND MIGRATION POLICIES IN VALERIA LUISELLI’S NARRATIVE

Summary/Abstract: This study evaluates the migration of unaccompanied children from Central America to the United States from a social policy perspective through Mexican author Valeria Luiselli’s Tell Me How It Ends and Lost Children Archive. The study examines the status of children, mechanisms of protection/exclusion, and solidarity practices using thematic analysis. The findings show that the securitization of migration limits children’s access to protection, and that in the absence of adequate social policy measures, the needs of unaccompanied children are partially met through volunteering and solidarity practices. Furthermore, it is argued that literary narratives not only make social problems visible but may also carry the potential for political intervention. Within the framework of Jacques Rancière’s concept of the “distribution of the sensible”, Luiselli’s narrative enables reflection on more just and humane migration policies.

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