Etiología del tráfico de migrantes en México: relevancia de los factores de atracción

The etiology of migrant smuggling has been ascribed to the growth of transnational organized crime, the demand of migrants’ social networks, and employer demand. Studies based on secondary sources tend to link this activity to transnational organized crime, while those based on primary sources argue...

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Autor: Izcara Palacios, Simón Pedro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:México
Institución:Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Repositorio:Memoria Institucional CISAN, Repositorio Institucional, UNAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ru.micisan.unam.mx:123456789/19872
Acceso en línea:https://ru.micisan.unam.mx/handle/123456789/19872
http://dx.doi.org/10.20999//nam.2017.b002
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:CIENCIAS SOCIALES
North America
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migrant smuggling
pull factors
irregular migration
Mexico
United States
tráfico de migrantes
factores de atracción
migración irregular
México
Estados Unidos
América del Norte
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Sumario:The etiology of migrant smuggling has been ascribed to the growth of transnational organized crime, the demand of migrants’ social networks, and employer demand. Studies based on secondary sources tend to link this activity to transnational organized crime, while those based on primary sources argue that it is not organized-crime operated. This article, based on primary sources, underlines the preeminence of pull factors (the demand for migrant labor by U.S. employers), because, after interviewing 170 migrant smugglers between 2008 and 2015 (mainly from the Mexico’s Northeast), the author found that in almost nine out of ten cases, U.S. employers played a fundamental role in financing or hiring undocumented migrants.