User:Mango37836/Human migration
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Transit migration
[edit]Transit migration is a highly debated term with no official definition. The common understanding is that it describes immigrants who are in the process of moving to an end goal country. The term was first coined by the UN in 1990 to describe immigrants who were traveling through countries surrounding Europe to end up in a European Union state[1]. Another example of transit migrants is Central Americans who travel through Mexico in order to live in the United States[2].
The term "transit migration" has generated a lot of debate among migration scholars and immigration institutions. Some criticize it as a Eurocentric term that was coined to place responsibility of migrants on states outside the European Union, and also to pressure those states to prevent migration onward to the European Union[1]. Scholars note that EU countries also have identical migrant flows and therefore it is not clear (illogical or biased) why it is only migrants in non-EU countries that are labeled as transit migrants[3]. It is also argued that the term “transit” glosses over the complexity and difficulty of migrant journeys: migrants face many types of violence while in transit; migrants often have no set end destination and must adjust their plan as they move (migrant journeys can take years and go through several stages).
References
[edit]- ^ a b Basok, Tanya (26 July 2018). "The Discourse of "Transit Migration" in Mexico and Its "Blind Spot": Changing Realities and New Vocabularies". New Migration Patterns in the Americas – via SpringerLink.
- ^ Cantalapiedra, Eduardo Torre; Nava, Dulce María Mariscal (2020-04-22). "Batallando con fronteras: estrategias migratorias en tránsito de participantes en caravanas de migrantes". Estudios Fronterizos (in Spanish). 21. doi:10.21670/ref.2005047. ISSN 2395-9134.
- ^ Düvell, Frank (26 October 2010). "Transit migration: A blurred and politicised concept". Population space and place. 18: pp.415-427 – via Wiley Online Library.
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