Stuck Seeking asylum. Between Border Externalization and Sanitary Containment

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-85852503880006104%20

Keywords:

Refugio, Asilo, Políticas migratorias, Externalización fronteriza, Covid-19

Abstract

In the Mexico-United States region, policies to control and deter irregular migratory movements have also reached asylum seekers who in recent years have been living in a limbo of immobility and lack of protection, now aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This article analyzes the implications of the MPP program, the refugee system in Mexico and the health crisis on people with international protection needs. The results show how the restrictions and slowdown of the asylum and refugee processes have generated different entrapment conditions, while the pandemic accentuated the immigration securitization approach around a risk that must be contained.

Author Biographies

  • Lorena Mena Iturralde, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte

    Departamento de Estudios de Población, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte. Tijuana, Baja California, México. E-mail: lmenadcs@colef.mx.

  • Rodolfo Cruz Piñeiro, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte

    Profesor-Investigador y director del Departamento de Estudios de Población de El Colegio de la Frontera Norte. Tijuana, Baja California, México. E-mail: rcruz@colef.mx.

Published

2021-05-12

How to Cite

Stuck Seeking asylum. Between Border Externalization and Sanitary Containment. (2021). REMHU, Revista Interdisciplinar Da Mobilidade Humana, 29(61), 49-65. https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-85852503880006104

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