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ORTEGA RAMIREZ, Adriana Sletza  e  MORALES GAMEZ, Luis Miguel. (In)security, rights, and migration - the National Guard in migration operations in Mexico. Rev. IUS [online]. 2021, vol.15, n.47, pp.157-182.  Epub 21-Maio-2021. ISSN 1870-2147.  https://doi.org/10.35487/rius.v15i47.2021.699.

The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration has been proposed, since its adoption in Marrakech in December 2018, as a fundamental pillar of global migratory governance. Together with the government of Switzerland, the government of Mexico has coordinated the process for the multilateral adoption of the compact. The migration crisis that occurred in Mexico as a result of the Central American migrant caravans of Autumn 2018 coincided with said process for adopting the international compact. The Mexican government approached this humanitarian crisis via the application of its migration legislation, maintaining a discourse of compliance with/ enforcement of the compact.

The present article critically analyzes the implementation of Mexican migration policy, particularly the contradictions presented by the intervention of the National Guard in migration control operations, which reveals the prevalence of a national security focus, in contrast to a human-safety focus based on the human rights of migrants. Moreover, it discusses the implementation of this focus from a non-state-centric perspective.

Palavras-chave : Human security; international migration; Mexico; National Guard; Global Compact.

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