People on the Move in Mexico
About this episode
The episode discusses the changing patterns of mobility to and from Mexico and the complexities of migration in the modern world.
In this episode, we explore how patterns of mobility to and from Mexico have changed over time, and how these shifts reflect the growing complexity of migration in the modern world. Mexico is a place of transit. It is a place where settlement, emigration, immigration, and internal displacement occur simultaneously and at an unprecedented scale within Latin America. However, as both a border between the global North and South and a recipient of increasingly restrictive U.S. migration policies, Mexico also reflects the growing complexity of migration in the modern world and inequality across borders. In this episode, recorded earlier last year, we spoke with Maria Elena Hernández, Regional Protection Coordinator at the Danish Refugee Council; Mara Tissera Luna, Research Fellow at Georgetown University; and Abril Ríos-Rivera, DPhil candidate in Migration Studies, about the politics of migration across the continent and within Mexico. Together, they discuss how patterns of mobility to and from Mexico have changed over time, and how these shifts reflect the growing complexity of migration in the modern world. The episode is co-hosted by Jacqueline Broadhead, Director of the Global…
People in this episode
Hosts: Jacqueline Broadhead, Rob McNeil
Guests: Maria Elena Hernández, Mara Tissera Luna, Abril Ríos-Rivera
Topics covered
- migration patterns
- mobility in Mexico
- U.S. migration policies
- internal displacement
- Latin America migration
- politics of migration
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Danish Refugee Council, Georgetown University, The Migration Observatory
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