Justice as Tolerance: A Reading of Venezuelan Migration Currently Taking Place in Colombia from the Theories of Justice and Tolerance by Jacques Derrida and Jürgen Habermas

Abstract

This paper puts into dialogue two theories about justice in the face of the migratory phenomenon, specifically, that which corresponds to the massive mobilization of Venezuelan citizens to Colombia from the particular case of the city of Bucaramanga. The objective of the above is to propose alternatives to the main conflicts that have arisen with the cultural, political and economic clash that a mobilization of this magnitude entails in a poorly trained country. To achieve this goal, three moments are proposed; initially, the theory of Jürgen Habermas and that of Jacques Derrida are both jointly exposed, the first one exposes the justice-tolerance relationship, while the second one the justice-hospitality duo. Next, some main points are exposed to be analyzed on the migratory wave in Colombia, so that, finally, a reading can be made from the conceptual apparatus of both authors to the migratory problem in the city of Bucaramanga.