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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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2018 |
| Country: | México |
| Institution: | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
| Repository: | Memoria Institucional CISAN, Repositorio Institucional, UNAM |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ru.micisan.unam.mx:123456789/19872 |
| Online Access: | https://ru.micisan.unam.mx/handle/123456789/19872 http://dx.doi.org/10.20999//nam.2017.b002 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | CIENCIAS SOCIALES North America 5 migrant smuggling pull factors irregular migration Mexico United States tráfico de migrantes factores de atracción migración irregular México Estados Unidos América del Norte |
| Summary: | 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. |
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