 SLEEPING ON THE STREETS: A PERSPECTIVE OF MIGRATION IN THE BORDER OF REYNOSA TAMAULIPAS, MEXICOCynthia Marisol Vargas Orozco ()
International Journal of Social Sciences, 2020, vol. 9, issue 1, 113-131 Abstract: This exploratory study describes the main problems that the migrants face when sleeping and living in the streets of Reynosa, Tamaulipas. In order to make visible the living conditions of migrants in street situation once they have been deported or have arrived in the city looking to cross into the United States, an interview was structured and 8 people were found in the streets near the international bridge Reynosa-Hidalgo and near the lodging houses for migrants. As a result, the number of migrants arriving in the city exceeds the capacity of the assistance houses to accommodate all migrants who need it, as well as the intention of the people to return to the United States and the lack of economic resources to pay again to cross illegally or return to their places of origin. This situation results in migrants sleeping on the streets, alleys and makeshift houses, exposing themselves to aggressions by structural elements of the State and local criminal groups. Keywords: migration; border; homeless; sleeping on the streets (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sek:jijoss:v:9:y:2020:i:1:p:113-131 Access Statistics for this article International Journal of Social Sciences is currently edited by Klara Cermakova, Tana Kubatova More articles in International Journal of Social Sciences from International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences |
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