Global Crossings

The exhibition is an initiative of the Global Crossings Project, run by the Jean Monnet Chair at the Federal University of Uberlândia and coordinated by Prof. Claudia Loureiro, who is also the curator. With the aim of exploring global citizenship, the exhibition proposes a concept that transcends the traditional links between the individual and their country of origin, promoting respect for human rights and encouraging citizenship practices in a global context.

Using resources from the Immigration Museum's collection and testimonies collected by the curators, the public is invited to think about the principle of humanity and the right to migrate. Addressing universal values that transcend borders, we propose an interdisciplinary dialogue with civil society, encouraging reflection on the reception of forced migrants and the guarantee of their rights, avoiding their dehumanization.

It should be noted that no immigrant is illegal, since everyone is looking for better living conditions and, often, survival in the destination countries. Many leave their countries of origin to escape the atrocities experienced and, thus, migrate without documents and without obtaining prior authorization from the destination countries, but, regardless of this, migrating is a human right provided for in article 13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 1948.

Forced migration objectifies people, considering them less than human, causing human beings to be considered as objects and not as subjects of rights, depersonalizing them, which affects their integrity, diminishing their humanity.

The dehumanization of a human being impacts the degradation of everyone's human rights and, thus, all of humanity, humankind, becomes a victim. Therefore, rescuing the human dignity of migrants is of global interest, as it impacts the consideration of humanity as a whole.