UID:
almahu_9949747536202882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9781032614052
,
1032614056
,
9781003860631
,
100386063X
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9781003860686
,
1003860680
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in development, mobilities and migrations
Content:
"This book analyses the different ways in which forced migration comes together with organized violence in the Americas, focusing specifically on the migration corridor from Central America, through Mexico and on to the USA. No matter their starting point, most South American migrants to the United States must eventually traverse Mexico, and often many other borders beforehand, to reach their destination. As border controls tighten, for many migrants turning back is not a possibility, or something they desire. And so, when faced with hardening policies, migrants are often forced into situations of increased violence and precarity, without a shift in their ultimate objective. This book analyzes the complex social situations of everyday violence, and increasingly aggressive border controls, which face migrants in Mexico, as well as their exposure to a different kind of violence during their migration trajectory through the criminal actors such as gangs, cartels, and corrupt law enforcements that seek to make a profit from them. The book takes a critical approach on migration policies and on the externalization of borders by analyzing their effects on the trajectories and experiences of migrants themselves. It shows that the more migrants' opportunities and rights during transit are hindered, the more they are at risk of exposure to these actors. Foregrounding the voices of migrants, this book offers fresh insights into debates surrounding migration, politics, international relations, and sociology in the Americas"--
Additional Edition:
Print version: Forced migration across Mexico Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024 ISBN 9781032614014
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781032614052
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781032614052
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