Abstract

VARGAS VALLE, Eunice D.  and  LOPEZ CASTRO, Eder Orlando. Migration Times: The Education of Haitian and Central American Migrant Children on Mexico’s Northwest Border. Norteamérica [online]. 2025, vol.20, n.1, pp.127-152.  Epub Dec 02, 2025. ISSN 2448-7228.  https://doi.org/10.22201/cisan.24487228e.2025.1.687.

The aim of this article is to analyze the educational situation of international migrant children from Haiti and Central America living in Tijuana, Mexico, in 2022, most of whom were waiting for refugee status in the United States. We use a mixed methodology that integrates the analysis of a survey of Haitian and Central American migrants who have been in Tijuana for 6 months or more, as well as interviews with migrants of these origins and key actors. As part of the results, we find a very low level of school insertion -even for those migrants who are not in shelters- and we identify a number of motivational, economic, cultural and social barriers to the school integration of these migrants, as well as the actions of the state and civil society organizations for the schooling and learning development of these populations.

Keywords : education; migration; refugee; forced displacement; integration.

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