Abstract

TREVINO RANGEL, Javier. What Do We Mean when We Talk about "Securitization" of International Migration in Mexico? A Critique. Foro int [online]. 2016, vol.56, n.2, pp.253-291. ISSN 0185-013X.

Undocumented international migration in Mexico is facing a serious human rights crisis. Each year, hundreds of thousands of migrants, above all from Central America, cross Mexico to reach the United States. Their journey risks extortion, kidnap, torture, disappearance, and death. For activists and civil society bodies, this crisis is explained by what they call the "securitization" of migration policy. By "securitization" they understand a policy imposed on Mexico by the United States that treats migrants as a security threat. This paper challenges this interpretation, arguing that the theory of securitization is insufficient to understand the many factors that make possible the systematic violence of the human rights of migrants in transit.

Keywords : international migration; human rights; securitization; civil society; migratory policy.

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