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Mobility in immobility: Latin American migrants trapped amid COVID-19
(openDemocracy Foundation for the Advancement of Global Education, 2020-05-26) Vera Espinoza, Marcia; Zapata, Gisela P.; Gandini, Luciana
States urgently need to rethink their individual responses to COVID-19 and coordinate a collective approach to include and protect all people living in their territories.
Movilidades y covid-19 en América Latina: inclusiones y exclusiones en tiempos de “crisis”
(UNAM, 2022-11-11) Zapata, Gisela P; Vera Espinoza, Marcia; Gandini, Luciana; Zapata, Gisela P; Vera Espinoza, Marcia; Gandini, Luciana
Este libro colectivo reúne un trabajo de investigación sistemático que el grupo CAMINAR (Comparative Analysis on International Migration and Displacement in the Americas) emprendió desde el inicio de la pandemia de la COVID-19, con el objetivo de analizar el impacto de la crisis sanitaria y económica en los procesos de inclusión de las personas migrantes, desplazadas y refugiadas en América Latina. Es resultado del proyecto de investigación ‘The crisis of forced displacement and responses to COVID-19 in Latin America’, que fue galardonado con una beca del decimoquinto ciclo de LASA-FORD Special Projects de la Latin American Studies Association (LASA). El conjunto de capítulos hilvanados por un propósito común y con una lente temporal específica, proporciona nuevos conocimientos sobre las políticas y prácticas de inclusión/exclusión de personas en movilidad en el contexto de las diversas crisis económicas y sociopolíticas por las que atraviesan los países de la región. Esta investigación se basa en un análisis comparativo de seis estudios de caso: Brasil, Chile, Colombia, México, Perú y Uruguay, sustentados en una metodología cualitativa que combina el análisis de marcos normativos y entrevistas semi-estructuradas con actores clave en cada país. El análisis revela una serie de ambigüedades, contradicciones y ausencias con relación a las políticas y prácticas que regulan la entrada, permanencia y acceso a derechos de las personas migrantes, que resultan en un espectro de inclusión/exclusión efectiva de las personas migrantes a derechos sociales y económicos, al tiempo que (re)configuran los procesos de gobernanza migratoria en la región. Finalmente, esta obra única contribuye a la construcción de una agenda emergente sobre los procesos de inclusión de personas migrantes en el Sur Global durante y más allá de la pandemia.
Towards a typology of social protection for migrants and refugees in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic
(Springer, 2021-11-16) Vera Espinoza, Marcia; Prieto Rosas, Victoria; Zapata, Gisela P.; Gandini, Luciana; Fernández de la Reguera, Alethia; Herrera, Gioconda; López Villami, Stéphanie; Zamora Gómez, Cristina María; Blouin, Cécile; Montiel, Camila; Cabezas Gálvez, Gabriela; Palla, Irene
The COVID-19 health crisis has put to the test Latin America’s already precarious social protection systems. This paper comparatively examines what type of social protection has been provided, by whom, and to what extent migrant and refugee populations have been included in these programmes in seven countries of the region during the COVID-19 pandemic, between March and December 2020. We develop a typology of models of social protection highlighting the assemblages of actors, different modes of protection and the emerging migrants’ subjectification in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay in relation to Non-Contributory Social Transfer (NCST) programmes and other actions undertaken by state and non-state actors. The analysis is based on 85 semi-structured interviews with representatives of national and local governments, International Organisations, Civil Society Organisations, and migrant-led organisations across 16 cities, and a systematic review of regulatory frameworks in the country-case studies. The proposed typology shows broad heterogeneity and complexity regarding different degrees of inclusion of migrant and refugee populations, particularly in pre-existing and new NCST programmes. These actions are furthering notions of migrant protection that are contingent and crisis-driven, imposing temporal limitations that often selectively exclude migrants based on legal status. It also brings to the fore the path-dependent nature of policies and practices of exclusion/inclusion in the region, which impact on migrants’ effective access to social and economic rights, while shaping the broader dynamics of migration governance in the region.
Weakening Practices Amidst Progressive Laws: Refugee Governance in Latin America during COVID-19
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2023-10-05) Zapata, Gisela P.; Gandini, Luciana; Vera Espinoza, Marcia; Prieto Rosas, Victoria
This paper develops a comparative assessment of the state of asylum in Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Uruguay. It argues that an accelerated weakening of refugee protection, exacerbated during the pandemic, has taken place across the region. Faced with growing mixed flows, the region’s refugee framework has either been used as an ad hoc regularization mechanism or not been broadly used. Also, pandemic mitigation measures have further weakened access to asylum, through militarization and border closures, and a platitude of deterrence practices. These regressive practices may result in the undermining, abandonment and/or replacement of the region’s widely praised refugee governance.