Movilidad y políticas migratorias en América Latina en tiempos de COVID-19

Abstract

Este artículo presenta una visión panorámica de la movilidad humana y las políticas migratorias en América Latina en 2020, durante la pandemia del COVID-19. En primer lugar, revisa algunas situaciones específicas que amenazan a la población en movilidad humana en este contexto, como la inmovilidad forzada, las deportaciones en condiciones de riesgo y los peligros asociados a la movilidad irregular. En segundo lugar, observa cómo la emergencia sanitaria surgió en la región latinoamericana en un momento de politización de la inmigración, con una débil coordinación regional y dificultades para garantizar los derechos sociales de la población extranjera. En tercer lugar, examina la persistente vulnerabilidad de la población migrante en América Latina ante estas circunstancias y, por último, concluye enfatizando la urgente necesidad de llevar a la práctica políticas de regularización migratoria.

Ethical tensions of migrants in the informal economy in the Global South

“…These publications have examined various topics, including the integration processes and barriers, health outcomes and labour market integration. Regarding policy reactions, scholars have provided preliminary descriptive accounts (Acosta et al, 2019;Acosta & Brumat, 2020;Brumat & Finn, 2021;Finn & Doña-Reveco, 2021;Freier & Castillo Jara, 2021;Freier & Doña-Reveco, 2022;Freier & Parent, 2019) concerning the access of migrants to employment opportunities. Thus, there is a recognized need for inclusive migration policies in host countries that guarantee the integration of migrants into society and provide them with certain conditions (Mazuera-Arias et al, 2020).…”

“…These publications have examined various topics, including the integration processes and barriers, health outcomes and labour market integration. Regarding policy reactions, scholars have provided preliminary descriptive accounts (Acosta et al., 2019; Acosta & Brumat, 2020; Brumat & Finn, 2021; Finn & Doña‐Reveco, 2021; Freier & Castillo Jara, 2021; Freier & Doña‐Reveco, 2022; Freier & Parent, 2019) concerning the access of migrants to employment opportunities.…”

Affectivization of borders in the digital sphere: migration-related online narratives in Argentina

“…Such a situation is inevitably changing the socio-cultural fabric of this country in terms of identity, power relations, gender (in)equality, imaginary, spatial appropriations/uses/rights, also in the light of the concept-myth of "a white and racially homogeneous nation" (Gordillo 2016, 242). This picture, already complex, is part of a larger (emotion-imbued) scenario marked by the ongoing deep economic crisis since 2018, the legacy of the waves of protests which occurred in late 2019 in several Latin American countries, and above all the outbreak of COVID-19 (for a general overview of this topic, see Freier and Castillo Jara 2021;Freier and Doña-Reveco 2022). In March 2020, to address the epidemiological emergence, the government of President Alberto Fernández opted, among other measures (Gobierno Argentino, n.d.), for social policies mainly targeted at the most vulnerable 5 (Gobierno Argentino, March 17 and 26, 2020; see also Ministerio de Justicia y Derechos Humanos, 2020), a long period of collective lockdown, 6 and repeated closures of internal and external borders (initially introduced to limit the viral transmission in the pandemic's early days).…”