The call fo r applications is scheduled to close on October 17, 2025.
20th Call... Migration Lives, Dreams and Nightmares 2025 Venezuela
This is not a contest, it is an INVITATION to creators, illustrators, painters, engravers, caricaturists, humorists, visual poets, photographers, and graphic designers from around the world to capture the phenomenon of migration through their creativity and original vision.
“Outside his homeland, human beings will always search among the thousands of faces for the one that is familiar to them, in order to grasp the lost thread of their previous life.” OP
Migration is a phenomenon as old as humanity itself, involving the geographic displacement of people, whether voluntary or forced, in search of better living conditions. Today, this phenomenon has gained greater relevance due to a wide range of factors, which vary according to the political, socioeconomic, and geographic context. In our America, social inequality, extreme poverty, unemployment, economic instability due to hyperinflation caused by "sanctions," "blockades," and theft of resources, armed conflicts, repression, terrorism, the threat of drug trafficking, organized crime, and paramilitarism, coupled with natural disasters due to climate change, and not to mention the mirage of the United States as "the great American dream," are the triggers that force entire communities to seek other territories in the hope of finding better livelihoods.
And the situation is currently worsening because imperialism and its allies are using migration as a business and a political weapon of subjugation toward countries that oppose them. They create false "narratives," "fake news," or "hoaxes" spread on social media, in addition to spurious offers (such as Chile's 2018 "Democratic Visa" or the US TPS), thus encouraging thousands of citizens to leave their countries. They then renege on these offers and accuse migrants of being criminals or violent terrorists, arbitrarily deporting them and imprisoning them in degrading conditions without any rights.
Regarding the consequences that affect both the countries of origin and those of destination, we can point out: discrimination (whether by race, cultural level or origin), xenophobia exacerbated by the resurgence of neo-fascist tendencies, labor exploitation, separation of families, children of migrants who are separated from their parents, held in "cages" with no possibility of knowing about them, in addition, what is outrageous is the open confession by US government agencies about the theft of children (now missing) and their delivery to "foster homes" without access to information to recover them.
Despite everything, migration can be transformed into a positive force if managed appropriately. The movement of millions of people brings cultural diversity and scientific development, enriching the social and economic fabric of host nations. UNESCO advocates for safe, orderly, and regular migration that respects the rights of migrants and promotes their social inclusion. Education plays a fundamental role in their adaptation, fostering respect for cultural diversity and building inclusive and resilient societies.
IMMIGRATE - EMIGRATE - RESIDENCY - VISA - RAFTERBOATS - SHIPWRECKS PATERAS - RACISM - SLAVERY - FORCED LABOR - DEPORTATIONS - PRISONERS - CRIMINALIZED - XENOPHOBIA - IMPRISONED - DETAINED - DETAINED - EMPIRES
COLONIES - ANNEXATION OF TERRITORIES - NORTH / SOUTH - EAST / WEST BORDERS - WORLD WARS - ARMED CONFLICTS - REIGNS FORCED INVASIONS - DICTATORSHIPS - ETHNIC CLEANSING - POLITICAL PERSECUTION FOREIGNERS - CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS - HUMAN TRAFFICKING - TRAFFICKERS KIDNAPPINGS - “COYOTES” - ORGAN TRAFFICKING POPULATION - NATIONS - ETHNIC GROUPS - FOREIGNERS - STATELESS - EXTERMINATION RACES - RELIGIONS - LIMITS - BORDER WALLS - RESIDENTS PASSPORT - SCHOLARSHIPS - TOURISTS - NATIONALS - FOREIGNERS FORCED MIGRATION - DISPLACED PERSONS - REFUGEES MIGRANTS - UNDOCUMENTED - ILLEGAL - OUTLAWS
For a culture and artistic creation that includes memory, truth, and justice!
ABOUT THE CALL
1. To participate: Send the following information to the email humorgraficonecesario@gmail.com
: Last name, First name / Pseudonym or artistic signature / Country / social media address /
2. Images must be submitted online to the following email address: humorgraficonecesario@gmail.com
3. You can also participate by sending photographic records of: sculptures, installations, performances, or land-art.
4. Each participant may submit up to three works (files/images) to be published on our social media platforms (Blogspot, Instagram, and Facebook), provided that the images specifically relate to the theme of this call: "MIGRATION: Lives, Dreams, and Nightmares ." The rights to the images belong to their authors.
5. Each file must not exceed 3 Megabytes each , and can be JPG, PNG images, GIF animations, or MP4 videos compatible with Instagram (3 minutes).
6. Images may have been previously published (specify where) and/or preferably recently created.
7. The content expressed in texts and images is the sole responsibility of their authors.
8. The Necessary Graphic Humor Blog, at the end of the Call, as usual, will design and publish on the Internet (ISSUU.com) a digital book with all the material received.
A printable PDF version can also be sent to the author upon request.
9. The call for applications is scheduled to close on October 17, 2025.
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