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Caravans. Migration Policies and Migrant Agency


Libro digital
Ficha bibliográfica
Autor(a)
  • Torre Cantalapiedra Eduardo
Editorial
  • El Colegio de la Frontera Norte

México, 2022

329 páginas

ISBN: 978-607-479-491-5

Peso: 3.1 MB

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Sinopsis

Through the voices of its protagonists, this book examines the migratory phenomenon of the caravans that left Honduras and El Salvador, heading northward. The stories of the Central American migrants who participated in the caravans allow us to shed light on their migration strategies and experiences in transit through Guatemala and Mexico. In addition, this book offers a detailed and historical analysis of the migration policies of the United States and Mexico in relation to Central American mobility and in response to the particularities of caravan migration.

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Índice

 

Acknowledgements

 

Prologue

Michael J. Piore

 

Prologue

Silvia E. Giorguli Saucedo

 

Introduction

 

Mobility in Northern Central America

Migration Patterns

Expulsion Factors in Central America

Pull Factors in the United States

The Difficult Transit: A Case of Structural Violence

Migrant Viacrucis

Conclusions

 

Policies for the Control of Flows and the Protection of Migrants

Migration Policies: Control vs. Protection

The American “Wall” in Perspective

The Problem of American Asylum and its “Solution”

The Vertical Mexican Border

Refugee Status, Complementary Protection and Humanitarian Visitor Cards in Mexico

Conclusions

 

Migration Strategies in Transit for Central Americans

Choice of Routes and Means of Transport

Accompaniment

Unconventional Legal Documents and Channels

Relying on the Solidarity Network

Employing Oneself on the Road

Resorting to Coyotaje [migrant smuggling] Services

Conclusions

 

Protagonists of the Caravans at the End of 2018

Participation Figures

Vulnerable Profiles

Motivations for Mobility

Migrants? Refugees? Displaced?

Conclusions

 

Joining the Caravan and Taking the First Steps

The Genesis of the First Caravan and its Dissemination in the Media

A Unique Opportunity

Reducing Travel Costs

A More Familial Migration

Route and Transport from San Pedro Sula to Tecún Umán

In the Open and in Shelters

Conclusions

 

Traveling in Caravans through Mexico

Battling Borders

Route and Transport from Ciudad Hidalgo to Tijuana

Entries and Splits of Caravans in Mexico

Following the Caravans to Tijuana

Less Violence and Insecurity, more Solidarity and Protection

Conclusions

 

Alone in Front of the Wall

Welcome to Tijuana: Classism, Racism and Xenophobia

Migration Plans and their Changes

Applying for Asylum in the United States

Temporary Shelters, Humanitarian Visitor Cards and Refugee Status in Mexico

Going to “Another Border”

Stay in Mexico or Return?

Conclusions

 

Political Scope of the Passage of the Caravans

The Fading of the U.S. Asylum System

The Chimera of Free Transit

The Criminalization of Defenders

The Mexican-American Policy for Containment

The Dismantling of the Caravans

Applying for Refuge Status in Mexico, a Real Option?

Conclusions

 

Final Comments

Annex 1

Annex 2

Annex 3

References

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