Visibilidad como estrategia de movilidad

El éxodo centroamericano en México (2018-2019)

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ID5869718
AuthorsEl Colegio De La Frontera Norte (El Colegio de la Frontera Norte), María Dolores París Pombo (0000-0003-1714-2112, Bryn Mawr College), María Dolores París-Pombo, Veronica Montes (0000-0002-0702-2048, Bryn Mawr College)
Year2020
Volume7
Issue1
Pages9-38
Publication date2020-01-31
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEntreDiversidades Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2007-7602 • E-ISSN: 2007-7610
PublisherUniversidad Autonoma de Chiapas (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.31644/ed.v7.n1.2020.a01
OpenAlexW3005322161
LanguageES
Citations received19
References cited1

Even though for decades there have been important movements of Central American people through Mexican territory in search of reaching the United States, no such large group had been observed traveling en masse, as was the case with the so-called migrant caravans in 2018-2019. This exodus has unprecedented characteristics in terms of human mobility in the region, concerning the organization, the number and the heterogeneity of people (adolescents, single mothers with children, unaccompanied minors, handicapped, elderly and LGTBQ people). This article shows that the visibility of the caravans was the decisive factor that allowed thousands of Central Americans to reach the border and cope with the violence that has characterized human mobility in Mexico. However, the collective force was lost as migrants dispersed along the road. Once in Tijuana and other border cities, the caravaneros had to face multiple risks individually and tended to become invisible again

Art · Humanities · Latin American Urban Studies · Migration, Health, Geopolitics, Historical Geography · Public Policy and Governance

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