Crises and Migration: Critical Perspectives from Latin America (Latin American Societies)

This book critically examines the association between the notions of crisis and migration in the context of Latin America, and from three different perspectives: first, it analyzes the discourses based on the concept of crisis employed by the media, academic researchers, civil society organizations and the state to frame human mobility issues; second, it investigates migrants’ agency under conditions of crisis; and third, it discusses whether “migration crisis” is a conjunctural or structural phenomenon in the region. Chapters in this contributed volume investigate the crisis-migration nexus in seven Latin American countries – Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua and Uruguay – by discussing different human mobility phenomena, such as the migrant caravans that departed from Central America bound to Mexico and the United States; the Nicaraguan exodus caused by the political crisis in the country; the perception of Venezuelan migrants in Colombia’s media; the presence of Caribbean migrants in Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. Crisis and Migration: Critical Perspectives from Latin America will be of interest to a wide range of social scientists interested in migration studies, as well as to policy makers and civil society organizations. This book offers a fresh look at the way we conceive, represent, and think about the relationship between crisis and human mobility. As the volume’s contributions show, a critical examination of the notion of crisis is a first step towards a more comprehensive understanding of the plight of present-day migrants worldwide. Acknowledgments Contents Chapter 1: Introduction: At the Crisis-Migration Crossroads: Scope and Limits Background and Raison D ́être of This Book What Do We Understand by Crisis? Humanitarian Emergencies and Humanitarian Crises in Contexts of Human Mobility The Construction of Crisis Approaches to Studying Crisis Shades of Gray in the Use of Migration Crisis and Crisis-Induced Migration Questions This Volume Addresses Contributions and Structure of the Book References Part I: Discursive Arenas of the Crisis-Migration Nexus Chapter 2: Venezuelan Migration and Crime in Colombia: Migrant Stigmatization in the Media and Its Connection to a Crisis of (... Introduction Method Results and Discussion Trends in Representations of Venezuelan Migrants in Colombia by El Espectador Venezuelans and their Link to El Espectador ́s News Coverage Related to the Commitment of Crimes Venezuelans and the Link to News Events Related to the Commitment of Crimes as Reported by El Tiempo Conclusions References Chapter 3: ``Migration Crisis ́ ́ and Migrant Caravans (October 2018-January 2019) in Mexico: An Analysis from Contemporary Acad... Introduction Questioning the Notion of Crisis Methods The Context in Which the Caravans Happened Discussion Conclusions References Chapter 4: Emerging from Crisis: Transformations in Uruguayan Migration Management of Venezuelan Migration Introduction Migration and Crisis: A Constant Notion Regional Migrations in Uruguay: Inclusion/Exclusion Processes Migration Management: State and Civil Society The ``Largest Exodus in the Recent History of Latin America ́ ́ from a Local Perspective Conclusions References Part II: Migration, Crisis, Agency: Intersections Chapter 5: The COVID-19 Pandemic as a Crisis: Immobility of Workers in Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina Introduction Mobility and Immobility in the Context of a Pandemic by COVID-19 Embarkment Isolated and Segregated Workers, Constant Carriers of Evil: Between COVID-19 and Hanta Virus Conclusions References Chapter 6: Parting and Keep on Existing: Crisis and Reproduction of the Existence of Migrants and Their Collectives in the Cit... Introduction Theoretical Methodological Toolkit A Sociodemographic Characterization of the City of Rosario Migration and Crisis: Strategies of Migrants and Collectives Haitian Collective in Rosario Migrants from Venezuela and Their Association Migrants from Colombia and Their Collective Conclusions References Chapter 7: Mobility and Crisis in Nicaragua: Narratives and Subjectivities of Forced Migration Introduction The Starting Point: Some Subjects, a Situation, a Context Crisis in People ́s Lives from the Perspective of Their Narratives Actors on the Scene: Nicaraguan Forced Migrants in Tapachula (Chiapas, Mexico) Conclusions References Part III: Enduring or Transitory Migration Crises? Chapter 8: Migration Crisis in Brazil and Treatment of Venezuelan Migrants Introduction Venezuelans Displaced to Brazil: Between Humanitarian Treatment and National Security Conclusions References Chapter 9: Nicaraguans in Costa Rica: Continued Crisis as Context in Nicaragua and as Breakdown of Normality in Costa Rica Introduction The Continuing Crisis in Nicaragua A History of Continuous Crisis April 2018 Crisis as the Context and Its Impact in Exile Crisis as Breakdown from Normality Conclusions References Chapter 10: Violent Contexts and ``Crisis ́ ́ in Mexico-Central America and Colombia-Venezuela Cross-Border Dynamics, 2010-2020 Introduction Conditions of Departure and Transit in the Perception of the Populations in Movement: Precariousness and Violence Migration Policies and Violence: The Role of the State Concerned Social Response to the Migrant Situation and the Migration Policies Conclusions References Index