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- Title
Situations of Vulnerability to Human Trafficking in Mobile and Resident Populations in the Municipality of Tapachula in the Context of the 2018-2019 Migrant Caravans.
- Authors
Fuentes Alcalá, Mario Luis; Hernández Engrandes, Cristina; Alcay Méndez, Sara Getzemani
- Abstract
This paper aims to describe the situations of vulnerability to the possibility of becoming human trafficking victims for both mobile and resident populations in the municipality of Tapachula, Chiapas during October 2018 and July 2019, period in which the first caravans arrived in the border between Tapachula, Mexico and Tecun Uman, Guatemala. This paper is the result of a qualitative research approach that examines the category of vulnerability and the legal framework for human trafficking in Mexico, and it is based on field observation records in institutions dedicated to the protection of migrants and victims of gender-based violence, as well as in interviews with key informants in Chiapas and Mexico City. The main conclusion of this work is that the juncture resulting from the response of the Mexican government to the caravans, the austerity policy enforced by the Mexican government, and the problems derived from an institutional design that operates without adherence to the legal framework and with overwhelmed capacity, led to situations of unprecedented or exacerbated vulnerability for these populations.
- Subjects
CHIAPAS (Mexico); GUATEMALA; HUMAN trafficking; PSYCHOLOGICAL vulnerability; HUMAN trafficking victims; VIOLENCE against women; IMMIGRANTS; BORDERLANDS
- Publication
Frontera Norte, 2022, Vol 34, p1
- ISSN
0187-7372
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.33679/rfn.v1i1.2191