重新评估信息在过境移民中的作用:以穿越墨西哥的中美洲移民为例

IF 2.2 2区社会学 Q1 DEMOGRAPHY

Migration Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-12 DOI:10.1093/migration/mnad024

Tuur Ghys, Beatriz Inzunza-Acedo

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近年来，基于移民意识到他们旅行的风险，认为信息运动可以阻止移民从事麻烦的旅程的想法受到了批评。本文介入了关于信息相关性的讨论，提出了一种更细致入微的观点，即关注迁移者拥有哪些信息、他们如何理解风险，以及哪些类型的信息与迁移本身相关。这一论点以从中美洲经墨西哥到美国的高风险过境移民为例进行了说明，该案例利用了2017-18年间收集的60次移民访谈数据，在这一时期，过境移民面临极端风险，成功机会很低。我们的研究结果表明，虽然大多数移民确实意识到移民存在风险，但他们往往不了解(或不相信)这些风险的确切程度，也不了解整个旅程。除了离开或不离开的决定外，获取信息在移徙的各个方面都是相关的。

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Reevaluating the role of information in transit migration: the case of Central American migrants crossing Mexico

Abstract The idea that information campaigns can stop migrants from engaging in troublesome journeys has been criticized in recent years on the basis that migrants are aware of the risks of their travel. This article intervenes in the discussion on the relevance of information by arguing for a more nuanced view that looks at what information migrants have, how they understand risks, and what types of information are relevant to the journey itself. This argument is illustrated with the case of high-risk transit migration from Central America through Mexico toward the USA, drawing on data from 60 interviews with migrants collected during 2017–18, a period during which transit migration came with extreme risks and a low chance of success. Our findings show that while most migrants are indeed aware that migration involves risks, they often do not understand (or believe) the exact dimensions of these risks, nor are they well informed on the journey as a whole. Besides the decision to depart or not, access to information is shown to be relevant in various aspects of migration.

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Migration Studies DEMOGRAPHY-

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4.30

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5.30%

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期刊介绍： Migration shapes human society and inspires ground-breaking research efforts across many different academic disciplines and policy areas. Migration Studies contributes to the consolidation of this field of scholarship, developing the core concepts that link different disciplinary perspectives on migration. To this end, the journal welcomes full-length articles, research notes, and reviews of books, films and other media from those working across the social sciences in all parts of the world. Priority is given to methodological, comparative and theoretical advances. The journal also publishes occasional special issues.